See Also: Gruel(medicine)
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gruel noun. ME.
[Old French (mod. gruau) from Proto-Gallo-Romance dim. (repr. by medieval Latin grutellum), from Frankish: see -EL2.]
Flour, meal, or other farinaceous substance. obsolete exc. dial. ME.
Oatmeal or similar food boiled in water or milk (sometimes with the addition of other ingredients), esp. as part of an invalid's diet. LME.
Punishment, defeat. arch. L18.
gruelly adjective resembling gruel M19.