A small container or vessel for holding condiments or oil, typically used on dining tables; a cruet.
Variant spelling of cruet (from Old French 'creuset' meaning crucible). This spelling reflects dialectal or historical pronunciation variations in English.
Crewet/cruet is one of those words where the spelling tells a story—it comes from the same root as 'crucible' because both are heat-resistant containers, one for cooking and one for the table!
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