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Webster 1913 Edition

(kr?s)

Noun.

[Akin to LG.

kruus

kroos

, mug, jug, jar, D.

kroes

, G.

krause

, Icel.

krus

, Sw.

krus

, Dan.

kruus

. Cf.

A cup or dish.

Take with thee . . . a

cruse

of honey.

1 Kings xiv. 3.

A bottle for holding water, oil, honey, etc.

So David took . . . the

cruse

of water.

1 Sam. xxvi. 12.

Noun.

[See crucible.] A small cup.

Take with thee a cruse of honey. 1 Kings 14.

In New England, it is used chiefly or wholly for a small bottle or vial for vinegar, called a vinegar-cruse.