Obs. rare. [f. SWAN sb. + -ET.] A young swan, cygnet; chietly applied fig. to a poet (cf. SWAN sb. 2 c).
The reading in the first quot. is doubtful.
c. 1560. in Proc. Archæol. Inst., Lincoln (1850), 308. It is ordeined, that no person shall take any gray swannet or cignettes.
1605. Daniel, Philotas, Epistle 53. Though you haue a Swannet of your owne, Within the bankes of Douen meditates Sweet notes to you.
1612. C. Brooke, Elegy Pr. Henry, viii. In Tagvs then some swannet dip his pen, And of this eaglet-issue, sing the fame.
