单词 | cruet |
释义 | cruetn. 1. A small bottle or vial for liquids, etc.; now only applied to a small glass bottle with a stopper, to contain vinegar, oil, etc. for the table. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > bottle(s) for oil, vinegar, or sauce cruetc1384 burette1483 society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > flask, flagon, or bottle > [noun] > phial or ampoule cruetc1384 phialc1384 vialc1386 oil glass1580 thumb-bottle1727 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark vii. 4 Waischingis of cuppis, and cruetis. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1874) V. 131 A cruette of gold with bawme brennenge faste in hit. 1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 7 §7 Salsellers, goblettes, spones, cruettes or candelstikkes. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Goutteron, a Violl, or Cruet wherein Oyle, or Vinegar is serued to the table. 1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 346 To set our houre-glasse beside us, and observe those precious graines..how swiftly they run thorow the Cruet. 1713 London Gaz. No. 5086/3 A Sett of Casters with Vinegar Crewets. 1865 M. E. Braddon Only a Clod v. 27 The landlord..came bustling in..with..knives and forks, and glasses, and cruets. 2. Ecclesiastical. A small vessel to hold wine or water for use in the celebration of the Eucharist, or to hold holy water for other uses.After 16th cent. rare until the 19th cent., in which the spelling crewet is sometimes used. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > vessel (general) > cruet > [noun] cruetc1290 flagon1485 urceole1824 burette1856 society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > vessel (general) > holy water vessel > [noun] cruetc1290 fatc1330 holy water fat1464 aspersorium1861 c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 228/318 Weued and chaliz and Cruettes þouruȝ-out cler cristal. 1395 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 5 Twey cruetis..twey siluer basyns for the auter. 1460–5 Churchwardens' Accts. St. Andrew's, Eastcheap in Brit. Mag. 31 394 For..a kay to the chyrch yard durr and for ij Crewettys. 1542 in T. Thomson Coll. Inventories Royal Wardrobe (1815) 58 Item, twa growattis. ?1548 J. Bale Image Bothe Churches (new ed.) i. Pref. sig. Bij Miters, copes, crosses, cruettes, ceremonies. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 579 He bequeathed all his books, his two Chalices, his Crewetts, holy water stock [etc.]..to his private chappell in London. 1877 J. D. Chambers Divine Worship Eng. 259 Two Crewets, one containing the wine and the other water. 1885 R. W. Dixon Hist. Church Eng. III. 450 Cruets and chrismatories. Compounds cruet-stand n. a stand or frame, commonly of silver, for holding cruets and castors at table; also formerly cruet-frame. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > bottle(s) for oil, vinegar, or sauce > receptacle or stand for cruet-stand1716 soy frame1778 1716 London Gaz. No. 5437/4 A Cruit Frame, 4 Salts. 1793 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 63. 502 Aided by the delicious provocatives of the cruet-stand! 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. xxxix. 12 White table-cloth, and cruet-stand complete. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1290 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。