cruse en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English crouse, from Old English crūse (“jar, cruse”), from Proto-West Germanic *krūsā, from Proto-Germanic *krūsǭ, *krūsaz (“jar, pot, collar, jug”). Cognate with German Krause (“pot with a lid”), Icelandic krús (“jar, jug”). Merged with Middle English croo (“pot, pitcher”), from Old English crōg (“crock, pitcher, vessel”). More at crock.
Meanings
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(archaic) A small jar used to hold liquid, such as oil or water.
With a thought I tooke for Maudline & a cruse of cockle pottage. with a thing thus tall, skie blesse you all: I befell into this dotage.
c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665)He had dipped ungenerously into a generous mother’s purse; basely and recklessly spilt her little cruse.
1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 21, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
- (uncommon) An oil lamp; a crusy.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cruise | alternative | lexicographic | |
| cruze | alternative, rare | lexicographic | |
| cruses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (5)
pl kruż (small jar) · he צַפַּחַת (small jar) · ml മൊന്ത (small jar) · bg делва (small jar) · bg стомна (small jar)