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Definition of Porridgy
1. porridge [adj] - See also: porridge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Porridgy
Literary usage of Porridgy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"One half shelled out almost by its own weight, and showed a yellow porridgy surface.
The other half shelled out in the same way, except where large bronchi ..."
2. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"It meant two days' matching through roads and fields ankle deep in clinging,
porridgy mud, but we were all glad enough to put up with any hardship so long ..."
3. The New York Times Current History of the European War (1915)
"It meant two days' marching through roads and fields ankle deep in clinging,
porridgy mud, but we were all glad enough to put up with any hardship so long ..."
4. The Fundamental Processes of Dye Chemistry by Hans Eduard Fierz-David (1921)
"But owing to the stiff, porridgy consistency of the reduction liquid, it is not
possible to use a plough- or propeller-stirrer, but the " anchor " type must ..."
5. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1893)
"The intestines contained a small quantity of a dirty-white porridgy material.
The whole bowel measured only 25 cms. in length when its adhesions were ..."
6. My Personal Experiences in Equatorial Africa: As Medical Officer of the Emin by Thomas Heazle Parke (1891)
"... as well as of quenching their thirst; also that of papyrus swamps and their
overflow rivulets, the liquid of which was often of a porridgy consistence, ..."
7. The Kingdom of Siam: Ministry of Agriculture, Louisiana Purchase Exposition by A. Cecil Carter (1904)
"It is then churned into a porridgy mass and the weeds and grass removed by the
harrow. In the meantime the rice has been sprouting in the nursery, ..."
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