† crouke, crowke Obs.
[OE. cr{uacu}ce fem. pot, little pitcher, ‘urceolus’, cognate with OS. krûka (MDu. crûke, Du. kruik, MHG. krûche, dial. Ger. krauche). The LG. word was prob. the source of F. cruche, and the ME. of Welsh crwc, which has no Celtic cognates. OTeut. *krûka- is perh. in ablaut relation to the family of crock.]
A pitcher, a jug.
| a 700 Epinal Gloss. 989 Trulla, crucae [so Erf.; Corpus 2051 cruce]. a 800 Corpus Gl. 2165 Urciolum, waetercruce. a 1000 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 281/32 Urciolum, cruce. c 1386 Chaucer Reeve's T. 238 Whan that dronken was al in the crouke [2 MSS. crowke]. |