cruse
noun
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
cruses
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pluralof cruse.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Close to the scar left by the thunderbolt were fragments of food, cruses of liquor and broken drinking-vessels, with a bass-drum and a steamboat signal-bell, of which, with pain, I learned the use.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
And many other things there be, which they have taken upon them to observe, as the washing of cups and cruses, and of brazen vessels, and of tables.
From The first New Testament printed in English by
If you have any green cruses, Mrs Hilliard, I’ll buy a dozen!”
From The Love Affairs of Pixie by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
The skins of these animals serve for an infinity of purposes, and even cruses are made of them for holding water or liquors.
From Delineations of the Ox Tribe The Natural History of Bulls, Bisons, and Buffaloes. Exhibiting all the Known Species and the More Remarkable Varieties of the Genus Bos. by George Vasey
