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Cruet   Listen
noun
Cruet  n.  
1.
A bottle or vessel; esp., a vial or small glass bottle for holding vinegar, oil, pepper, or the like, for the table; a caster.
2.
(Eccl.) A vessel used to hold wine, oil, or water for the service of the altar.





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"Cruet" Quotes from Famous Books



... now they takes chairs on opposite sides of the room and glares at each other hostile. A thin, nervous little dyspeptic, Doc Fosdick is; while Meyers is bull necked and red faced. They'd mix about as well as a cruet of vinegar and a pail of lard. Course I has to introduce Alvin, and he insists ...
— Shorty McCabe on the Job • Sewell Ford
... Mary will think Jack has been kissing you! I saw her kiss the postman yesterday. Mary, I mean! You're eating like a pigeon, Jack! Gracious me! Where's the pepper? Mary! Ring the bell, Isobel. I must speak to that postman; he's made Mary forget to put any pepper in the cruet, and any one might have seen ...
— The Green Eyes of Bast • Sax Rohmer


Words linked to "Cruet" :   cruet-stand


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