1cresset, lamp or torch mounted on a pole:
(
MS: s.xiii3/4
)
Pernez drasche de oylle et arnement […] e destemprez ensemble e metez en un crusil ou en une lampe
113.7
(
1406-07
)
Item pur chaundel, crusis, […]
8 Henry IV
(
MS: s.xii/xiii
)
lucubre: (T) cresils
(var. (O: xii/xiii) escorces, keus; (D: xiii/xiv) kexis, eschors)
ii 50
2pharm.med.crucible, vessel in which metals or other substances may be melted:
(
MS: s.xiv1/3
)
Pus si metez vostre vif argent en un croysel al fu [...] et pus metez dé carbouns en le crosiel et entour le crosiel, et si fundra
393.56
(
MS: s.xiiiex
)
cruciboli: (C) crucel
(var. (D: xiii/xiv) crosel; (L: xiiiex) crusel)
ii 50
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