Definition of Crusie

1. a type of iron lamp [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crusie

crushed sugar
crushed sugars
crushee
crushees
crusher
crusher gauge
crushers
crushes
crushing
crushingly
crushproof
crusht
crushworthy
crusian
crusians
crusie (current term)
crusies
crusily
crusotomy
crust
crusta
crusta inflammatoria
crusta lactea
crusta phlogistica
crustacea
crustacean
crustaceans
crustaceological
crustaceologist
crustaceologists

Literary usage of Crusie

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Past in the Present: What is Civilization? by Arthur Mitchell (1881)
"A crusie from Shetland, where It is called a Collie. g. SO.—A crusie iu stand, from the collection in the National ..."

2. McIan's Highlanders at Home: Or, Gaelic Gatherings by James Logan (1900)
"... for the table of the drawing room, and highly valuable as books of authentic reference to the historian and general inquirer. crusie OR OIL LAMP. ..."

3. The Clan Macmillan: Addresses Given at the Annual Gatherings of the Clan Society by Clan MacMillan Society, Hugh Macmillan (1901)
"The feeble light of the crusie must have had much to do with the firm hold which the ... But indeed the light of the crusie was seldom required for reading. ..."

4. Glengoyne: Reminiscences of the Parish and Its People by William Gairdner (1900)
"Na, na, the whale oil and the rash week i' the crusie made a puir licht, ... But that old crusie hanging up there you must feel a special interest in, ..."

5. Glengoyne: Reminiscences of the Parish and Its People by William Gairdner (1900)
"Na, na, the whale oil and the rash week i' the crusie made a puir licht, ... But that old crusie hanging up there you must feel a special interest in, ..."

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