jar, flask, pitcher
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Cruse Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
A cup or dish.
A cup or dish.
(n.)
A bottle for holding water, oil, honey, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA bottle for holding water, oil, honey, etc.
cruse
\cruse\ (kr?s), n. [akin to lg. kruus, kroos, mug, jug, jar, d. kroes, g. krause, icel. krus, sw. krus, dan. kruus. cf. crucible, cresset.]
1. a cup or dish. take with thee a cruse of honey. 3.
2. a bottle for holding water, oil, honey, etc. so david took the cruse of water. xxvi. 12.
Cruse Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Cruse may refer to:
- Cruse (name), surname (includes a list of people with this name)
- Cruse Bereavement Care, UK charity
- Cruse De Ocoa, small town in the Dominican Republic
- Cruse Memorial Heliport, private heliport in Douglas County, Oregon, United States
- The Widow's Cruse, miracle in the Biblical narrative of Elisha
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Cruse Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
a utensil; a flask or cup for holding water (1 Sam. 26:11, 12, 16; 1 Kings 19:6) or oil (1 Kings 17:12, 14, 16). In 1 Kings 14:3 the word there so rendered means properly a bottle, as in Jer. 19:1, 10, or pitcher. In 2 Kings 2:20, a platter or flat metal saucer is intended. The Hebrew word here used is translated "dish" in 21:13; "pans," in 2 Chr. 35:13; and "bosom," in Prov. 19:24; 26:15 (R.V., "dish").
a small vessel for holding water, such as was carried by Saul when on his night expedition after David, (1 Samuel 26:11,12,16) and by Elijah. (1 Kings 19:6)
