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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



... things moving, we have restored an antique whirling cruet-holder to deliver Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, A-1, Tap Sauce and Major Grey's Chutney. Salt shakers and pepper mills are handy, with a big-holed tin canister filled with crushed red-pepper pods, chili powder, Hungarian-paprika and such small matters. ...
— The Complete Book of Cheese • Robert Carlton Brown
... Frank glanced at the table; it was laid solely for his father. He looked at the bread and the meat, but restrained himself, and went on reading, or pretended to do so. Beatrice came in with the small cruet; it ...
— The Trespasser • D.H. Lawrence


Words linked to "Cruet" :   crewet, cruet-stand


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