Function: noun
Etymology: from the widow's cruse of oil that miraculously supplies Elijah during a famine (I Kings 17:8-16)
Date: 1729
: an inexhaustible supply
Function: noun
Etymology: from the widow's cruse of oil that miraculously supplies Elijah during a famine (I Kings 17:8-16)
Date: 1729
: an inexhaustible supply
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012