cruse

== English == === Alternative forms === cruise cruze (rare) === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɹuːs/, /kɹuːz/ Rhymes: -uːs, -uːz Homophone: cruise === Noun === cruse (plural cruses) (religion, heraldry or archaic) A small jar used to hold liquid, such as oil or water. c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665): 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. (now uncommon) An oil lamp; a crusy. ==== Derived terms ==== widow's cruse ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “cruse”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Cures, Sucre, crues, cuers, cures, curse, ecrus, sucre == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *krūsā. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkruː.se/, [ˈkruː.ze] === Noun === crūse f earthen pot, jug, pitcher ==== Declension ==== Weak n-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: cruse, crouse, croos English: cruse, cruise, cruze