crevetn.
Apparently an error for cruset n., crucible.In Worcester and some later dictionaries.
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1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Crevet, or Cruset, from the French word Creux, hollow, a Goldsmiths melting pot. [So all edd. to 1706.]
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Crevet, Cruset, a Melting Pot used by Goldsmiths.
1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Crevet, a melting pot used by goldsmiths.
1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 124 Crevet, a crucible.
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