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Definition of Surroyal
1. n. One of the terminal branches or divisions of the beam of the antler of the stag or other large deer.
Definition of Surroyal
1. Noun. the fifth tine of an antler's beam ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Surroyal
1. the topmost prong of a stag's antler [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surroyal
Literary usage of Surroyal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1827)
"... when he is termed a Spay ad; and the fourth year the summit first assumes the
crown, or what was anciently denominated a surroyal, then in the language ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1896)
"... stag are generally found sprouting in succession out of the main horn from
the point where it joins the skull, are called antler, royal, and surroyal. ..."
3. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"... the next, royal and surroyal; and those at the top, croches (more correctly
spelt troches at p. ..."
4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"A stag or male of the rod deer, from the age of six years, when the crown or
surroyal of the antler logins to appear. Great importance was formerly attached ..."
5. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1867)
"surroyal, and the deer is now distinguished The female elk goes with young for
rather more by the name of ata ..."
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