Cruet

//ˈkɹu.ɪt// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small bottle or container used to hold a condiment, such as salt, pepper, oil, or vinegar, for use at a dining table.

    ""By Jupiter there's vinegar!" I heard him say to his friend, after he had stood on tiptoe an immense time, and had been crushed and beaten on all sides. "And there's oil!! I saw them distinctly, in cruets! Can any gentleman, in front there, see mustard on the table? Sir, will you oblige me! Do you see a Mustard-Pot?""

  2. 2
    bottle that holds wine or oil or vinegar for the table wordnet
  3. 3
    A stand for these containers. British

    "He[…]even had a second slice of lamb, for he was hungry. During the meal, as was his custom, he read from a book propped up against the cruet."

  4. 4
    A small vessel used to hold wine or water for the Eucharist.

Etymology

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman cruet, diminutive of Old French crue (“an earthen pot”), from Old Saxon krūka.

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