- Cooked cereal - Oliver wanted more of this - Porridge - Thin porridge - Thin soup - A light, liquid food, made by boiling meal of maize,
oatmeal, or fiour in water or milk; thin porridge.
- A kind of thin, weak broth or oatmeal porridge, served
out to prisoners and paupers in England; also, a drink made of oatmeal,
sugar, and water, sometimes used in the English navy or army.