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cruse

[krooz, kroos]
noun
  1. 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)
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Examples from the Web for cruse

Historical Examples

  • We all have only our one cruse of energy given us to make the best of.

    A Pair of Blue Eyes

    Thomas Hardy

  • The better rendering is "cruse" or "flask" instead of "box."

    Jesus the Christ

    James Edward Talmage

  • God is good;—the "barrel of meal" does not fail, nor the "cruse of oil."

  • Mark you, preacher, it is not enough that you are a cruse; you must be filled with that which heals.

    Broken Bread

    Thomas Champness

  • And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail.

    Familiar Quotations

    John Bartlett

British Dictionary definitions for cruse

cruse

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

Old English crūse; related to Middle High German krūse, Dutch kroes jug
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Word Origin and History for cruse

n.

"small vessel for liquids," early 15c., perhaps related to Old Norse krus "pot, tankard," from a general Germanic root of unknown origin. Cf. Middle Dutch cruese, Dutch kroes "cup, pot, mug," Middle Low German krus, Danish krus "mug, jug," German Krause "jug, mug."

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