Cruse vs Chuse - What's the difference?
cruse | chuse |
A small jar used to hold liquid, such as oil or water.
(heraldry) An oil lamp or similar emblem.
* {{quote-book
, year = 1557
, author =
, title = Tottel's Miscellany
, section = Whether libertie by losse of life, or life in prison and thraldome be to be preferred
, page = 298
, pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=KdE2AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA298
, passage = Rather therfore to chu?e me thinketh wi?dome.
By lo??e of life libertye, then life by pri?on }}* 1739 , A Treatise of Human Nature: Book II :
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As a proper noun cruse
is .As a verb chuse is
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(chus)By lo??e of life libertye, then life by pri?on }}
- Secondly, When in exerting any passion in action, we chuse means insufficient for the design'd end, and deceive ourselves in our judgment of causes and effects.
- "Now, Kitty, you may cough as much as you chuse ," said Mr. Bennet
