cruse

[ krooz, kroos ]

/ kruz, krus /

noun

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

Nearby words

crus of fornix, crus of penis, crusade, crusades, crusado, cruse, crush, crush bar, crush barrier, crush syndrome, crush-resistant

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)

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Examples from the Web for cruse

So Harriet, having spilled oil from her cruse in the shape of Dr. Ed, departed blithely.
K|Mary Roberts Rinehart
Father Cruse again laid his quieting fingers this time on Felix's wrist.
Felix O'Day|F. Hopkinson Smith
A cake baken on the coals is beside him, and the cruse of water, to refresh him and keep him from destruction.
Bible Emblems|Edward E. Seelye
The money collected by Franz was like the contents of the widow's cruse.
Baron Bruno|Louisa Morgan

I find that “the cruse of oil fails not, and the meal in the barrel is not consumed!”
My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year|John Henry Jowett

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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