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Webster 1913 Edition

Crownet

Crown′et

(kroun′?t)
,
Noun.
[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.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Crownet

CROWNET

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

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