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Spur-royal

Spur"-roy`al\, n. A gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV., having a star on the reverse resembling the rowel of a spur. In the reigns of Elizabeth and of James I., its value was fifteen shillings. [Written also spur-rial, and spur-ryal.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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