cruse

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cruse^¹

/kɹuːs/
/kɹuːz/

Sounds like cruise · Rhymes with -uːs, -uːz

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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.

noun cruses · cruise · cruze

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.
uncommon An oil lamp; a crusy.

Cruse^²

proper noun

A surname.
An unincorporated community in Clay County, Illinois, United States.

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noun small jar

עברית	צַפַּחַת tzapáẖat

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@misc{cruse_2026,
  title = {cruse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cruse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}