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Definition of Cruses
1. cruse [n] - See also: cruse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cruses
Literary usage of Cruses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels in Peru and Mexico by S. S. Hill (1860)
"Inspection of cruses. — American Travellers.—Embarkation on the River. ...
ON the morning after our arrival at cruses, my friend and myself rose at an early ..."
2. The History of North America by Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe (1905)
"... especially the Natchez women—” make pots of an extraordinary size, cruses with
a medium-sized opening, jars, bottles with long necks holding two pints, ..."
3. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1894)
"In addition to earlier examples there are a variety of cruses and tygs of black
and brown ware used in York in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. ..."
4. The Archaeological Journal by Council, British Archaeological Association, Central Committee (1861)
"Item tw.o cruses of glasse with covers of jasper colour. Item oone Layer of glasse
the fote handle and cover of silver and gilt and the ..."
5. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1885)
"... which is also true of most Indian pottery.3 Du Pratz says, " The Natchez
Indians make pots of an extraordinary size, cruses with a medium sized opening, ..."
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