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.
Roy"al, n. 1. Printing and writing papers of particular sizes. See
under paper, n.