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Webster 1913 Edition


Gruel

Gru′el

,
Noun.
[OF.
gruel
, F.
gruau
; of German origin; cf. OHG.
gruzzi
groats, G.
grütze
, As.
grūt
. See
Grout
.]
A light, liquid food, made by boiling meal of maize, oatmeal, or flour in water or milk; thin porridge.

Webster 1828 Edition


Gruel

GRU'EL

,
Noun.
A kind of light food made by boiling meal in water. It is usually made of the meal of oats or maiz.

Definition 2024


gruel

gruel

English

Noun

gruel (plural gruels)

  1. A thin, watery porridge, formerly fed to the poor

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gruel (third-person singular simple present gruels, present participle gruelling or grueling, simple past and past participle gruelled or grueled)

  1. (transitive) to exhaust; use up; disable

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References

  1. gruel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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