Meaning of PORRIDGE
| Pronunciation: | | 'porij
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| | Definition: | | [n] soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick |
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| | See Also: | | burgoo, dish, gruel, hasty pudding, oatmeal, rolled oats | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Por"ridge\, n. [Probably corrupted fr. pottage; perh.
influenced by OE. porree a kind of pottage, OF. porr['e]e,
fr. L. porrum, porrus, leek. See {Pottage}, and cf.
{Porringer}.]
A food made by boiling some leguminous or farinaceous
substance, or the meal of it, in water or in milk, making of
broth or thin pudding; as, barley porridge, milk porridge,
bean porridge, etc.
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