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cruet
noun
1. A small container which holds salt, pepper, mustard, vinegar, etc, for use at table.
2. A stand for a set of such jars.
Etymology
: 14c in sense 1; 13c in sense ‘a vessel for holy water or wine': French, diminutive of
crue
jar.
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