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Definition of Surroyals
1. surroyal [n] - See also: surroyal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surroyals
Literary usage of Surroyals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Horns and Hoofs: Or Chapters on Hoofed Animals by Richard Lydekker (1893)
"We may, however, mention here that the cup in the surroyals, surrounded by an
almost indefinite number of snags, as in Fig. 56, is very distinctive of large ..."
2. The Old Book Collector's Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Readable Reprints by Charles Hindley (1872)
"... the royals, the surroyals, and the croches. A buck's horns are composed of
burr, beam, branch, advancer, palm, and speller. ..."
3. Records of Big Game: With Their Distribution, Characteristics, Dimensions by Rowland Ward (1899)
"Counting from the skull upwards, the first tine is the brow, the second the bez,
and the third the trez, above which come the surroyals, ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... tine the brow-tine; the second the bcz-tine; the third the trez-tine, or royal;
and the branched portion forming the summit the crown, or surroyals. ..."
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