cruisie

Etymology

Apparently an alteration of French creuset.

noun

  1. (chiefly Scotland, now historical) An oil-burning lamp.
    Besides the articles of plate which I have already noticed, the old man now lighted and placed on the table a silver lamp, or cruisie, as the Scottish term it […]. 1824, Walter Scott, Redgauntlet
    The cruisie lamps gave a dim, yellowish light but he could make out a prominent, slightly hooked nose and large dark eyes set into an oval face. 1991, Lawrence Norfolk, Lemprière's Dictionary, Grove Press, published 1999, page 277

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