DEMY

demy. Demy, n. paper of a certain size

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De‐my″ (?), n.; pl. Demies (#). [[See Demi-.]] 1. 1. A printing and a writing paper of particular sizes. See under Paper.
2. 2. A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. [Written also demi.]
He was elected into Magdalen College as a demy; a term by which that society denominates those elsewhere called “scholars,” young men who partake of the founder's benefaction, and succeed in their order to vacant fellowships. Johnson.