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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CROWNET

n.A coronet, which see. Shakspeare has used it for chief end or last purpose; but this sense is singular.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CROWNET

Crown "et (kroun "t ), n. Etym: [See Crown, Coronet. ]

 

1. A coronet. [R.] P. Whitehead.

 

2. The ultimate end and result of an undertaking; a chief end. [Obs. ] O this false soul of Egypt! this grave charm. ... Whose bosom was my crownet, my chief end. Shak.