cruse

Etymology

From Middle English crouse, from Old English crūse (“jar, cruse”), 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.

noun

  1. (religion, heraldry or obsolete) 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)
  2. (now uncommon) An oil lamp; a crusy.

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