Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gruel"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gruel \Gru"el\, n. [OF. gruel, F. gruau; of German origin; cf.
OHG. gruzzi groats, G. gr["u]tze, As. grut. See {Grout}.]
A light, liquid food, made by boiling meal of maize, oatmeal,
or fiour in water or milk; thin porridge.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gruel
n : a thin porridge of usually oatmeal or cornmeal
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