2. Noble; generous; magnificent; princely. How doth that royal merchant, good Antonio Shak.
3. Under the patronage of royality; holding a charter granted by the
sovereign; as, the Royal Academy of Arts; the Royal Society. Battle
royal. See under Battle.
— Royal bay (Bot.), the classic laurel (Laurus nobilis.) — Royal
eagle. (Zoöl.) 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 (Zoöl.), a large, crested American tern (Sterna
maxima).
— Royal tiger. (Zoöl.) 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.
ROYAL
Roy"al, n.
1. Printing and writing papers of particular sizes. See under paper, n.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: A small sail immediately above the topgallant sail. Totten.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the upper or distal branches of an antler, as the third and fourth tynes of the antlers of a stag.
4. (Gun.)