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Webster 1913 Edition
Porridge
Por′ridge
,Noun.
[Probably corrupted fr.
pottage
; perh. influenced by OE. porree
a kind of pottage, OF. porrée
, 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.Webster 1828 Edition
Porridge
POR'RIDGE
,Noun.
A kind of food made by boiling meat in water; broth.
This mixture is usually called in America, broth or soup, but not porridge. With us, porridge is a mixture of meal or flour, boiled with water. Perhaps this distinction is not always observed.