Hypertext Webster Gateway: "porridge"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Porridge \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
porridge
n : soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes
in water or milk until thick
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