Middle English Dictionary Entry
crūsel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | crūsel n. Also crusselle. |
| Etymology | AF crusol, creuzeul, CF croisel; cp. F creuset crucible. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. crusible.
1.
(a) A night lamp; (b) a crucible.
Associated quotations
a
- (1401-2) Mem.Ripon in Sur.Soc.81210 : Et dat ij clericis revestiarii pro crusell perimplend..13 d.
b
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)174b/b : Thai ben fired in a crusselle [*Ch.(1): crusible; L crucibulum] or on a scherde with coles blowen.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1475 Cmb.Dd.5.76 Artist.Recipes (Cmb Dd.5.76) 221/20 : Take a crosell of erthe or a goldesmyth pott and put þi golde or siluer þerin.
- a1484 Burg.Pest.(1) (Trin-C R.14.52)583/120 : Lete put iij or iiij quik coles in a crusel of erth and lete do thervpon a litel of this powder.
Note: Additional quots., sense (b). New spelling (crosell).
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. crusell.