cruse

[ krooz, kroos ]

/ kruz, krus /

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noun

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

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Origin of cruse

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)

Words nearby cruse

crus, crusade, crusader, Crusades, crusado, cruse, crush, crush bar, crush barrier, crushed velvet, crushproof

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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|Various
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.
The Library of Work and Play: Housekeeping|Elizabeth Hale Gilman
A cruse of water and a loaf of bread, with cruel mockery, were placed in the recess.
Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events|S. Baring-Gould
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

a small earthenware container used, esp formerly, for liquids

Word Origin for cruse

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

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