cruse

[ krooz, kroos ]

noun
  1. an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.

Origin of cruse

1
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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How to use cruse in a sentence

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • A cruse of water and a loaf of bread, with cruel mockery, were placed in the recess.

  • With two away at the same time, “the barrel of meal did not waste, nor the cruse of oil fail.”

    Mary and I | Stephen Return Riggs
  • Our eyes are heavy, and we do not see the water cruse, though it is at our side.

    Bible Emblems | Edward E. Seelye

British Dictionary definitions for cruse

cruse

/ (kruːz) /


noun
  1. a small earthenware container used, esp formerly, for liquids

Origin of cruse

1
Old English crūse; related to Middle High German krūse, Dutch kroes jug

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