cruse
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
Origin of cruse
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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.
The Book of Humorous Verse | VariousAnd 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.
The Library of Work and Play: Housekeeping | Elizabeth Hale GilmanA cruse of water and a loaf of bread, with cruel mockery, were placed in the recess.
Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events | S. Baring-GouldWith two away at the same time, “the barrel of meal did not waste, nor the cruse of oil fail.”
Mary and I | Stephen Return RiggsOur 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
/ (kruːz) /
a small earthenware container used, esp formerly, for liquids
Origin of cruse
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