washbrewn.
dialect.
Oatmeal boiled to a stiff jelly.
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polentaOE
papelotec1400
pottagea1500
crowdy-mowdy?a1513
drowsen1519
pease porridge?1548
plum pottage1574
sowens1582
grout1587
orgementa1590
plum porridge1591
loblolly1597
pease pottage1600
girt-brew1620
washbrew1620
lentil-porridge1622
hominy1630
porridgea1643
samp1643
nettle-pottage1659
nettle-porridge1661
crowdie1668
suppawn1670
mush1671
rockahominy1674
stirabouta1691
praiseach1698
sagamité1698
brochan1700
atole1716
burgoo1750
purry1751
fungee1789
pepper porridge1803
kasha1808
mamaliga1808
skilligalee1819
bean-porridge1821
skilly1839
sap porridge1842
corn-mush1846
oatmeal mush1850
pap1858
ugali1860
oatmeal1873
mealie-meal1880
mealie-pap1880
uji1889
sadza1899
nsima1907
putu papa1910
posho1927
putu1949
ogi1957
whey-porridge-
1620 G. Markham Farwell to Husbandry xv. 134 Of Oatemeale is made that meate which is called in the West, Washbrew.
1623 G. Markham Countrey Contentments, or Eng. Huswife (new ed.) vi. 222 You shall not heare of any that euer did surfeite of this Wash-brew or Flammerie.
1837 J. F. Palmer Gloss. in M. Palmer Dialogue Devonshire Dial. Wash-brew, flummery; oatmeal boiled in water till it acquires a gelatinous consistence.
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