crevet
crevet noun: a cruet (small container for holding a condiment, or for holding water or wine for the Eucharist).
Noun
crevet (plural crevets)
- A cruet (small container for holding a condiment, or for holding water or wine for the Eucharist).
- […] Altar-Services; and among others, one made of Chrystal; Candlesticks, Crevets, a Bason and Eure, and the Foot of a Chalice, all of Amber.1701, A new Account of Italy ...; together with a particular description of Rome, Venice, ... and all the other remarkable cities, page 80
- The Inventory of the Estate of Daniel Malthie Late of Branford, Dec'd, taken and apprised by Samuel Harrington and Samuel Stent, February ye 4th, 1731-2: […]
one brass Kittle, £3; one brass Kittle, £7 . . 10 0 0
one box Iron and Heeters, 7s; one Crevet, 1s 0 8 0
one brass candlestick, 4s; one Iron...1731-2, inventory of the state of Daniel Malthie, quoted in 1916, Mrs. Dorothy Lord (Maltby) Verrill, Maltby-Maltbie Family History, page 285
Forms of crevet
| plural | crevets |
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Origin of crevet
A variant of cruet.
Questions about crevet
- What does crevet mean?
- Crevet means a cruet (small container for holding a condiment, or for holding water or wine for the Eucharist).
- What part of speech is crevet?
- Crevet is a noun.
- What is the plural of crevet?
- The plural of crevet is crevets.
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