cruses in English

noun
1
an earthenware pot or jar.
The ‘miracle of the oil ‘involved a single cruse of oil which was used to light a menorah in the Temple, and which lasted eight days until new pure oil could be brought from the Galilee.’

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1. Cruse (plural Cruses) (religion or obsolete) A small jar used to hold liquid, such as oil or water