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/kɹuːs/ · noun
(religion, heraldry or archaic) 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.
He had dipped ungenerously into a generous mother’s purse; basely and recklessly spilt her little cruse.
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Cruse means (religion, heraldry or archaic) A small jar used to hold liquid, such as oil or water..
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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.
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