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cruse
[ krooz, kroos ]
noun
- an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
cruse
/ kruːz /
noun
- a small earthenware container used, esp formerly, for liquids
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cruse1
1225–75; Middle English crouse ( Old English crūse; cognate with German Krause pot with lid), conflated with croo ( Old English crōg, crōh; cognate with German Krug jug)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cruse1
Old English crūse; related to Middle High German krūse, Dutch kroes jug
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Example Sentences
A little saint best fits a little shrine, A little prop best fits a little vine; As my small cruse best fits my little wine.
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And he did stay, a good many months, and all the time of the famine there was meal in the barrel and oil in the cruse.
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A cruse of water and a loaf of bread, with cruel mockery, were placed in the recess.
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With two away at the same time, “the barrel of meal did not waste, nor the cruse of oil fail.”
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Our eyes are heavy, and we do not see the water cruse, though it is at our side.
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