noun1. a small container for holding pepper, salt, vinegar, oil, etc, at table
2. a set of such containers, esp on a stand
3. Christianity either of a pair of small containers for the wine and water used in the Eucharist
4. Australian a slang word for head (sense 1)
5. do one's cruet
plural noun6. Australian vulgar, slang the testicles
Word origin
C13: from Anglo-French, diminutive of Old French
crue flask, of Germanic origin; compare Old Saxon
krūka, Old English
crūce pot