"cruse" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kɹuːs/, /kɹuːz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cruse1.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cruse2.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-cruse.wav [US] Forms: cruses [plural]
Rhymes: -uːs, -uːz 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|crouse}} Middle English crouse, {{inh|en|ang|crūse|t=jar, cruse}} Old English crūse (“jar, cruse”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*krūsā}} Proto-West Germanic *krūsā, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*krūsǭ}} Proto-Germanic *krūsǭ, {{m|gem-pro|*krūsaz|t=jar, pot, collar, jug}} *krūsaz (“jar, pot, collar, jug”), {{cog|de|Krause||pot with a lid}} German Krause (“pot with a lid”), {{cog|is|krús||jar, jug}} Icelandic krús (“jar, jug”), {{inh|en|enm|croo||pot, pitcher}} Middle English croo (“pot, pitcher”), {{inh|en|ang|crōg||crock, pitcher, vessel}} Old English crōg (“crock, pitcher, vessel”), {{l|en|crock}} crock Head templates: {{en-noun}} cruse (plural cruses)
  1. (religion, heraldry or obsolete) A small jar used to hold liquid, such as oil or water. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Heraldic charges, Religion, Containers Translations (small jar): стомна (stomna) (Bulgarian), делва (delva) (Bulgarian), צַפַּחַת (tzapáẖat) [feminine] (Hebrew), മൊന്ത (monta) (Malayalam), kruż [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-cruse-en-noun-OoC4stQT Disambiguation of Containers: 49 51 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics, religion Disambiguation of 'small jar': 100 0
  2. (now uncommon) An oil lamp; a crusy. Tags: uncommon Categories (topical): Containers
    Sense id: en-cruse-en-noun-OVK5LZJu Disambiguation of Containers: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cruise, cruze [rare] Derived forms: widow's cruse

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