spur-royaln.

Forms: 1600s spur(re) roial, 1600s– spur royal; 1500s–1600s spur-roiall, 1600s– spur-royal (1600s spur-royall, spurroyal).

Etymology: < spur n.¹ + royal n. Compare spur rial n.

Now Historical or archaic.

A gold coin of the value of fifteen shillings, chiefly coined in the reign of James I; so called from having on its reverse the form of the sun with rays, resembling a spur-rowel.

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of fifteen shillings

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1600 P. Holland in tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 1424 Aurei Romani, Peeces of gold coine..in round reckoning equivalent to our spur-roiall of 15 sh.

1639 J. Mayne Citye Match ii. iii Spur-royals, Harry~groats, or such odd coin Of husbandry, as in the King's reign now Would never pass.

1657 W. Rand tr. P. Gassendi Mirrour of Nobility ii. 132 The Solidus aureus..came at last..to the Value of our usuall Shilling or Spur-roiall.

1704 London Gaz. No. 4072/6 A red Sattin Purse, in which was a 5 Guinea Piece with a Spur Royal.

1711 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 134 A small Gold Spur-royal shew'd me..of Hen. VI.

1834 A. E. Bray Warleigh III. xvi. 231 A hundred spur royals must be your ransom; for I know your wealth.

1853 H. N. Humphreys Coin Collector's Man. II. 465 The old noble..which was now termed a spur royal, from the resemblance of the rays to the rowels of a spur.

figurative.a1618 J. Sylvester tr. Little Bartas in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 778 Then was the Heav'ns azure Pavilion spred, And with Spur-Royalls spangled over head.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	spur-royal
释义	spur-royaln. Forms: 1600s spur(re) roial, 1600s– spur royal; 1500s–1600s spur-roiall, 1600s– spur-royal (1600s spur-royall, spurroyal). Etymology: < spur n.¹ + royal n. Compare spur rial n. Now Historical or archaic. A gold coin of the value of fifteen shillings, chiefly coined in the reign of James I; so called from having on its reverse the form of the sun with rays, resembling a spur-rowel. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of fifteen shillings star rial1580 spur rial1588 spur-royal1600 star-real1606 1600 P. Holland in tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 1424 Aurei Romani, Peeces of gold coine..in round reckoning equivalent to our spur-roiall of 15 sh. 1639 J. Mayne Citye Match ii. iii Spur-royals, Harry~groats, or such odd coin Of husbandry, as in the King's reign now Would never pass. 1657 W. Rand tr. P. Gassendi Mirrour of Nobility ii. 132 The Solidus aureus..came at last..to the Value of our usuall Shilling or Spur-roiall. 1704 London Gaz. No. 4072/6 A red Sattin Purse, in which was a 5 Guinea Piece with a Spur Royal. 1711 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 134 A small Gold Spur-royal shew'd me..of Hen. VI. 1834 A. E. Bray Warleigh III. xvi. 231 A hundred spur royals must be your ransom; for I know your wealth. 1853 H. N. Humphreys Coin Collector's Man. II. 465 The old noble..which was now termed a spur royal, from the resemblance of the rays to the rowels of a spur. figurative.a1618 J. Sylvester tr. Little Bartas in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 778 Then was the Heav'ns azure Pavilion spred, And with Spur-Royalls spangled over head. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1600
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