† crusefuln.
Obsolete.
As much as a cruse contains.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills a receptacle > other vessels or receptacles
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1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 15v Geve him half a good cruys ful to drinke.
a1641 T. Heywood & W. Rowley Fortune by Land & Sea ii, in Wks. (1874) VI. 384 Of his smallest beer Not a bare crusful.
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