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† crouke, crowke Obs.
[OE. crúce fem. pot, little pitcher, ‘urceolus’, cognate with OS. krûka (MDu. crûke, Du. kruik, MHG. krûche, dial. Ger. krauche). The LG. word was prob. the source of F. cruche, and the ME. of Welsh crwc, which has no Celtic cognates. OTeut. *krûka- is perh. in ablaut relation to the family of crock.]
A pitcher, a jug.
a700Epinal Gloss. 989 Trulla, crucae [so Erf.; Corpus 2051 cruce]. a800Corpus Gl. 2165 Urciolum, waetercruce. a1000Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 281/32 Urciolum, cruce. c1386Chaucer Reeve's T. 238 Whan that dronken was al in the crouke [2 MSS. crowke]. |