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• crewet (obsolete)

語源

From 中期英語, from Anglo-Norman cruet, diminutive of Old French crue (“an earthen pot”), from Old Saxon krūka.

発音

• IPA: /ˈkɹu.ɪt/

名詞

cruet (plural cruets)

1. A small bottle or container used to hold a condiment, such as oil, vinegar, salt, or pepper, for use at a dining table.

   Synonym: caster

   Near-synonym: shaker (sometimes synonymous)

   • 1846, Charles Dickens, “Rome”, in Pictures from Italy, London: […] Bradbury & Evans, […], →OCLC, page 223:

     "By Jupiter there's vinegar!" I heard him say to his friend, after he had stood on tiptoe an immense time, and had been crushed and beaten on all sides. "And there's oil!! I saw them distinctly, in cruets! Can any gentleman, in front there, see mustard on the table? Sir, will you oblige me! Do you see a Mustard-Pot?"

   • 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter VIII, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:

     The sideboard was covered with glistening old plate—old cups, both gold and silver; old salvers and cruet-stands, like Rundell and Bridge's shop.

   • 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 17, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

     Mrs. Hussey soon appeared, with a mustard-pot in one hand and a vinegar-cruet in the other, having just broken away from the occupation of attending to the castors, and scolding her little black boy meantime.

   • 1905 April–October, Upton Sinclair, chapter V, in The Jungle, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 26 February 1906, →OCLC:

     It must always be done at night, so that Jurgis could go along; and even if it were only a pepper cruet, or half a dozen glasses for ten cents, that was enough for an expedition.

2. (British) A stand for these containers.

   Synonym: caster

   • 1931, Francis Beeding, “1/1”, in Death Walks in Eastrepps‎:

     He […] even had a second slice of lamb, for he was hungry. During the meal, as was his custom, he read from a book propped up against the cruet.

3. (Christianity) A small vessel used to hold wine or water for the Eucharist.

派生語

• cruet set

Further reading

• cruet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Cruet”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

アナグラム

• Crute, Curet, curet, cuter, eruct, recut, truce, uCret