n. A Spanish coin. See Real. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Royal. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Royal. ] A gold coin formerly current in England, of the value of ten shillings sterling in the reign of Henry VI., and of fifteen shillings in the reign of Elizabeth. [ Spelt also ryal. ] Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ F. riant, p. pr. of rire to laugh, L. ridere. ] Laughing; laughable; exciting gayety; gay; merry; delightful to the view, as a landscape. [ 1913 Webster ]

In such cases the sublimity must be drawn from the other sources, with a strict caution, howewer, against anything light and riant. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]