2 entries under this word

Crownet

Crown'et, n.

noun

n. 1. A coronet. [Rare.]

Though crownets, Pulteney, blazon on thy plate, Adds the base mark one scruple to their weight? Whitehead.

Sense 2. The ultimate end and result of an undertaking; a chief end.

Oh! this false soul of Egypt; this gay charm . . . Whose bosom was my crown'et, my chief end. Shak.

Crōw'-nēt, n.

noun

n. A net for catching wild fowls.