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. grĂĽtze, 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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