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GRUEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A thin porridge (usually oatmeal or cornmeal)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("gruel" is a kind of...):
porridge (soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gruel"):
congee; jook (a Chinese rice gruel eaten for breakfast)
skilly (a thin porridge or soup (usually oatmeal and water flavored with meat))
loblolly (thick gruel)
Context examples:
There she was welcomed, with the utmost delight, by her father, who had been trembling for the dangers of a solitary drive from Vicarage Lane—turning a corner which he could never bear to think of—and in strange hands—a mere common coachman—no James; and there it seemed as if her return only were wanted to make every thing go well: for Mr. John Knightley, ashamed of his ill-humour, was now all kindness and attention; and so particularly solicitous for the comfort of her father, as to seem—if not quite ready to join him in a basin of gruel—perfectly sensible of its being exceedingly wholesome; and the day was concluding in peace and comfort to all their little party, except herself.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)