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Definition of Crewet
1. Noun. Bottle that holds wine or oil or vinegar for the table.
Definition of Crewet
1. n. See Cruet.
Definition of Crewet
1. Noun. (alternative form of cruet) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crewet
Literary usage of Crewet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Divine Worship in England in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries by John David Chambers (1877)
"... directions for forming them, and fays, " The belly of the crewet ought to be
made much wider, and its neck upon a model long and flender, ..."
2. Modern Parish Churches: Their Plan, Design, and Furniture by John Thomas Micklethwaite (1874)
"... the tonne answering to the wine crewet, and the ewer basin and napkin. ...
or water-crewet is strangely placed on the altar; but perhaps this is a ..."
3. The Complete Works of John Lyly by John Lyly (1902)
"crewet in Athens: Plin. x. 15 'omnes e Peloponneso et Attica re^ione volaverunt,'
from Arist. Hist. Animal, ix. 40. 137. Romulus staffe: a hasty reading of ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1826)
"When he passes the consecrated stones, placed where three ways meet, he is careful
to pour oil from his crewet upon them:—then, falling upon his knees, ..."
5. Recollections of the Table-talk of Samuel Rogers: To which is Added Porsoniana by Samuel Rogers (1887)
"Mrs. crewet told me that, on some occasion, when it was remarked that Fox still
retained his early love for France and every thing French, Burke said, ..."
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