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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. (more info) by OE. porree a kind of pottage,

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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. (more info) by OE. porree a kind of pottage, OF. porrée, fr. L. porrum, porrus,

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