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royal oak
1. A sprig of oak worn to commemorate the restoration of Charles II in 1660. Hence Royal Oak Day, the 29th of May, Oak Apple Day. (Now only in local use.)
The name of ‘the Royal Oak’ was given to the tree at Boscobel in Shropshire, in which Charles II hid himself during his flight after the battle of Worcester in 1651.
17..in Brand Pop. Antiq. (1777) 354 Royal Oak The Whigs to provoke. 1777Brand ibid. App. 353 Of Royal-Oak Day. 1853N. & Q. 1st Ser. VIII. 490 Each young loyalist is armed with a nettle..with which..are coerced those unfortunates who are unprovided with ‘royal oak’. 1884Folk-Lore Jrnl. II. 382 Those who did not conform to the usages of the ‘Royal Oak day’ were pelted with rotten eggs.
b. (With capital initial.) The constellation Robur Carolinum.
1771Encycl. Brit. I. 487/1 The new Southern Constellations... Robur Carolinum, The Royal Oak.
2. The species Quercus regia.
1841Penny Cycl. XIX. 215/1 Q. regia, the Royal Oak. Leaves stalked,..heart-shaped, wavy... From Koordistan. |