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Cruet
//ˈkɹu.ɪt// noun
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Noun
- 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 bottle that holds wine or oil or vinegar for the table wordnet
- 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 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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