royal

mastery
UK /ˈɹɔɪ.əl/ US /ˈɹɔɪ(.ə)l/nounadjname

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What does 'royal' mean in this sentence?

In ten days after we spoke the Solon, so rapid was his recovery, that, from lying helpless and almost hopeless in his berth, he was at the mast-head, furling a royal.