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Webster 1913 Edition
Royal
Roy′al
,Adj.
1.
Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable for a king or queen; regal;
as,
. royal
power or prerogative; royal
domains; the royal
family; royal
state2.
Noble; generous; magnificent; princely.
How doth that
royal
merchant, good Antonio? Shakespeare
3.
Under the patronage of royality; holding a charter granted by the sovereign;
as, the
. Royal
Academy of Arts; the Royal
SocietyBattle royal
. See under
– Battle
. Royal bay
(Bot.)
, the classic laurel (
– Laurus nobilis
.) Royal eagle
. (Zool.)
See
– Golden eagle
, under Golden
. Royal fern
(Bot.)
, the handsome fern
– Osmunda regalis
. See Osmund
. Royal mast
(Naut.)
, the mast next above the topgallant mast and usually the highest on a square-rigged vessel. The royal yard and royal sail are attached to the royal mast.
– Royal metal
, an old name for gold.
– Royal palm
(Bot.)
, a magnificent West Indian palm tree (
– Oreodoxa regia
), lately discovered also in Florida. Royal pheasant
. See
– Curassow
. Royal purple
, an intense violet color, verging toward blue.
– Royal tern
(Zool.)
, a large, crested American tern (
– Sterna maxima
). Royal tiger
. (Zool.)
See
– Tiger
. Royal touch
, the touching of a diseased person by the hand of a king, with the view of restoring to health; – formerly extensively practiced, particularly for the scrofula, or king’s evil.
Syn. – Kingly; regal; monarchical; imperial; kinglike; princely; august; majestic; superb; splendid; illustrious; noble; magnanimous.
Roy′al
,Noun.
1.
Printing and writing papers of particular sizes. See under
paper
, Noun.
2.
(Naut.)
A small sail immediately above the topgallant sail.
Totten.
3.
(Zool.)
One of the upper or distal branches of an antler, as the third and fourth tynes of the antlers of a stag.
4.
(Gun.)
A small mortar.
5.
(Mil.)
One of the soldiers of the first regiment of foot of the British army, formerly called the Royals, and supposed to be the oldest regular corps in Europe; – now called the Royal Scots.
6.
An old English coin. See
Rial
. Webster 1828 Edition
Royal
ROY'AL
,Adj.
1.
Kingly; pertaining to a king; regal; as royal power or prerogative; a royal garden; royal domains; the royal family.2.
Becoming a king; magnificent; as royal state.3.
Noble; illustrious.How doth that royal merchant, good Antonio?
ROY'AL
, n.1.
A large kind of paper. It is used as a noun or an adjective.2.
Among seamen, a small sail spread immediately above the top-gallant-sail; sometimes termed the top-gallant-royal.3.
One of the shoots of a stag's head.4.
In artillery, a small mortar.5.
In England, one of the soldiers of the first regiment of foot, called the royals, and supposed to be the oldest regular corps in Europe.