Meaning of crevet | Babel Free

Definitions

A cruet (small container for holding a condiment, or for holding water or wine for the Eucharist).

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Examples

“[…] Altar-Services; and among others, one made of Chrystal; Candlesticks, Crevets, a Bason and Eure, and the Foot of a Chalice, all of Amber.”

“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⟳ candle-stick, 2s […]”

“2 wooden paste rolers—2 Chopping Knives 6 Iron⟳ Crevets—3 tin tart moulds—5 Kitchen apperns 1 old Brass Kettle—1 Iron⟳ Candle stick⟳”

“"Oliver Cromwell at Hampton Court", After the return⟳ of Charles II. an aspirant for royal notice⟳ published a book, which he called "The Court and Kitchen of Elizabeth, commonly called Joan Cromwell," in which he charged "Joan" with being niggardly in the details of her table; but this inventory tends to dissipate the slander, because it shows her to have⟳ possessed a very extensive collection of kitchen utensils and appliances : copper pots and pans, iron⟳ crevets, brass pots, scummers of brass, “moulds or pattipans,” abound. In the scullery were pewter dishes of five several sizes, while the trencher plates are numbered by dozens.”

“[…] and on the sepulchre next the high altar there, on high days; and to the same likewise her vestment of green velvet embroidered, with its appurtenances, a chalice, two crevets, a bell, and a paxbrede, all of silver, […]”

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