[Loch-Ruadh] word of the day

[Jane Sitton]

The Word of the Day for October 2 is:  widow's cruse * \WIH-dohz-KROOZ or
WIH-dohz-KROOSS\ * (noun) : an inexhaustible supply

Example sentence:  It often seemed to Connie that her sons thought of the
refrigerator as a widow's cruse of food that would magically restock itself
every week.

Did you know?  A cruse is a small metal hanging lamp, such as the one
featured in the biblical tale of Elijah (1 Kings 17:8-16).  In that story,
the prophet was sent to a poor widow who had little food and only a single
cruse for light.  He asked her to share her food and light with him; she
did, and was rewarded with an ever-burning lamp and an inexhaustible food
supply.  The term "widow's cruse" recalls the bountiful outcome of that
tale.