crusie, crusy Sc.
(ˈkryzɪ, ˈkr{obar}zɪ)
Also cruisie, -zie, -y, -ey, cruzie, croosie.
[app. a phonetic repr. of F. creuset, cruset, or perh. of earlier origin from OF. croiseul, creuseul (pl. -eus), or croisel, cruseau, with which it agrees in its two senses, while F. creuset and Eng. cruset have only that of ‘crucible’.]
1. A small iron lamp with a handle, burning oil or tallow; also, a sort of triangular iron candlestick with one or more sockets for candles, having the edges turned up on the three sides. (Jamieson.)
| a 1774 Fergusson Farmer's Ingle, The cruizy, too, can only blink and bleer. 1776 C. Keith Farmer's Ha' ix. (Jam.), Meg lights the crusy wi' a match. 1824 Scott Redgauntlet Let. iv, A silver lamp, or cruisie, as the Scottish term it. 1892 Blackw. Mag. Oct. 487 The croosie, a triangular metal saucer with an upright hook at the base to be hung by. |
2. A crucible, or hollow piece of iron with a long handle, used for melting metals. (Jamieson.)
The common sense in South of Scotland; crusies were commonly used by stocking-weavers in middle of the 19th c. to melt lead or pewter for setting the needles in their frames.