Venery. Forms: 4 surryal, 5 surereall, sureale, surriall, 7 surroyall, surroial, 7– surroyal, sur-royal. [f. SUR- + ROYAL sb. (REAL sb.1).] An upper or terminal branch of a stag’s antler, above that called ‘royal’ (ROYAL B. 3). Also attrib.

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a. 1400.  Parlt. 3 Ages, 30. The ryalls full richely raughten frome the myddes With surryals full semely appon sydes twayne.

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c. 1410.  Master of Game (MS. Digby 182), xxiv. Auntelere and ryall and surereall. Ibid., xxxiii. Bitwene þe sureale and þe fourche or troche.

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1576.  Turbervile, Venery, xxi. 54. The Burre … Antlier … Surantlier…. All the rest which growe afterwardes, vntill you come to the crowne, palme, or croche, are called Royals & Surroyals.

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1630.  J. Taylor (Water P.), Navy Land Ships, Wks. I. 93/1. As a Hart hath the Burs, the Pearles, the Antliers, the Surantlers, the Royals, the Surroyals, and the Croches.

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1638.  Guillim, Heraldry, III. xiv. (ed. 3), 179. Skilfull Wood-men describing the head of a Hart, doe call the … Vpper part of all The … Surroyall Toppe.

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1883.  Science, I. 181/2. The ‘royal’ and ‘sur-royal’ of the Wapiti.

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1893.  Lydekker, Horns & Hoofs, 271. The portion above the trez-tine … carrying the surroyals.

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