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GRUEL
gruel
(noun) a thin porridge (usually oatmeal or cornmeal)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
gruel (countable and uncountable, plural gruels)
A thin, watery porridge, formerly eaten primarily by the poor and the ill.
Coordinate terms
• congee
• oatmeal
• porridge
Etymology 2
From the noun above.
Verb
gruel (third-person singular simple present gruels, present participle grueling or gruelling, simple past and past participle grueled or gruelled)
(transitive) To exhaust; use up; disable; to punish.
Anagrams
• Luger, gluer, luger
Source: Wiktionary
Gru"el, n. Etym: [OF. gruel, F. gruau; of German origin; cf. OHG. gruzzi groats, G. grütze, As. grut. See Grout.]
Definition: A light, liquid food, made by boiling meal of maize, oatmeal, or fiour in water or milk; thin porridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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