Definitions
small jar; holds liquid (oil or water)
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“He had dipped ungenerously into a generous mother’s purse; basely and recklessly spilt her little cruse.”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Small liquid jar”5 letters
02“Oil vessel”5 letters
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