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Word Meanings - CROWNET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A coronet. P. Whitehead. 2. The ultimate end and result of an undertaking; a chief end. O this false soul of Egypt! this grave charm . . . . Whose bosom was my crownet, my chief end. Shak.

Related words: (words related to CROWNET)

  • WHOSESOEVER
    The possessive of whosoever. See Whosoever.
  • CHIEFLESS
    Without a chief or leader.
  • GRAVES
    The sediment of melted tallow. Same as Greaves.
  • ULTIMATE
    come to an end, fr. ultimus the farthest, last, superl. from the same 1. Farthest; most remote in space or time; extreme; last; final. My harbor, and my ultimate repose. Milton. Many actions apt to procure fame are not conductive to this
  • GRAVEDIGGER
    See T (more info) 1. A digger of graves.
  • FALSENESS
    The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; as, the falseness of a report, a drawing, or a singer's notes; the falseness of a man, or of his
  • FALSE-FACED
    Hypocritical. Shak.
  • RESULTIVE
    Resultant. Fuller.
  • CHIEFEST
    First or foremost; chief; principal. "Our chiefest courtier." Shak. The chiefest among ten thousand. Canticles v. 10.
  • FALSETTO
    A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See Head voice, under Voice.
  • GRAVEN
    Carved. Graven image, an idol; an object of worship carved from wood, stone, etc. "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image." Ex. xx. 4.
  • UNDERTAKING
    1. The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project or business. Hakluyt. 2. That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise. 3. Specifically, the business of an
  • CHARMLESS
    Destitute of charms. Swift.
  • CHARMER
    1. One who charms, or has power to charm; one who uses the power of enchantment; a magician. Deut. xviii. 11. 2. One who delights and attracts the affections.
  • GRAVEYARD
    A yard or inclosure for the interment of the dead; a cemetery.
  • CORONETED
    Wearing, or entitled to wear, a coronet; of noble birth or rank.
  • EGYPTOLOGY
    The science or study of Egyptian antiquities, esp. the hieroglyphics. Eh, interj. Etym:
  • UNDERTAKER
    1. One who undertakes; one who engages in any project or business. Beau. & Fl. 2. One who stipulates or covenants to perform any work for another; a contractor. To sign deputations for undertakes to furnish their proportions of saltpeter. Evelyn.
  • CHIEF JUSTICE
    The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court. Lord Chief Justice of England, The presiding judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. The highest judicial officer of the realm is the Lord High Chancellor. -- Chief
  • GRAVELING; GRAVELLING
    1. The act of covering with gravel. 2. A layer or coating of gravel .
  • ANTEPENULTIMATE
    Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two. -- n.
  • KERCHIEF
    couvrechef, F. couvrechef, a head covering, fr. couvrir to cover + 1. A square of fine linen worn by women as a covering for the head; hence, anything similar in form or material, worn for ornament on other parts of the person; -- mostly used in
  • WILDGRAVE
    A waldgrave, or head forest keeper. See Waldgrave. The wildgrave winds his bugle horn. Sir W. Scott.
  • GRAVEL
    A deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom. Gravel powder, a coarse gunpowder; pebble powder. (more info) strand; of Celtic origin; cf. Armor.
  • MISCHIEF
    + chief end, head, F. chef chief. See Minus, and 1. Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamity, mishap; trivial evil caused by
  • PALGRAVE
    See PALSGRAVE
  • EMBOSOM
    1. To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster. Glad to embosom his affection. Spenser. 2. To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something. His house embosomed in the grove. Pope. Some tender flower
  • BECHARM
    To charm; to captivate.
  • PORTGREVE; PORTGRAVE
    In old English law, the chief magistrate of a port or maritime town.; a portreeve. Fabyan.
  • ENKERCHIEFED
    Bound with a kerchief; draped; hooded; covered. Milton. That soft, enkerchiefed hair. M. Arnold.

 

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