cruet

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"Oil-cruet, why did you hurt the lamp?

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  1. noun A small glass bottle for holding a condiment, such as vinegar or oil.
  2. noun Ecclesiastical A small vessel for holy water or for water or wine used in the consecration of the Eucharist.

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  • It touched up the cruet-stand and the britannia metal in the little dining-room at the Green Man and an emaciated ray even found its way to the rows of bottles in the bar and to the anvil at Copse Forge. —  Death of a Fool - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 19: 1956
  • As soon as we were alone I fell on the cruet, and, after a nerve-racking fumble, unearthed the syringe. —  The Nursing Home Murder - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 03: 1935
  • "Oil-cruet, give the lamp a drink." —  Italian Popular Tales
  • "Oil-cruet, why did you hurt the lamp? —  Italian Popular Tales
  • "Oil-cruet, why have you hurt the lamp? —  Italian Popular Tales
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, diminutive of crue, flask, of Germanic origin.

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  1. Formerly also crewet and crevet (see crevet); from Middle English cruet, cruette, crewet, crowet, a small pitcher, water-bottle, prob. diminutive of Old French cruye, a pitcher: see crock.
 

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