cruse. n. A small earthenware container, such as a pot or jar, for holding liquids. [Middle English., perhaps from Middle Dutch. , pot .]. (kruËz).er mother prepared her a basket of provisions with all sorts of good things, and a goat skin full of wine; the girl now got into the waggon, and her mother gave her also a golden cruse of oil, that she and her women might anoint themselves.
dominate verb (BE IMPORTANT). C1 [T] to be the âlargest, most âimportant, or most ânoticeable âpart of something: The âcathedral dominates the âlandscape for âmiles around. The âdispute is âlikely to dominate the ânews.
ubiquitous. adj. 1. having or seeming to have the ability to be everywhere at once; omnipresent.[C14: from Latin ubÄ«que everywhere, from ubÄ« where]. (yuËbÉªk wÉª tÉs).t was an inconsistent and ubiquitous fiend too, for, while it was making the whole night behind him dreadful, he darted out into the roadway to avoid dark alleys, fearful of its coming hopping out of them like a dropsical boy's-Kite without tail and wings.