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pottage

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pot·tage  (ptj)
n.
1. A thick soup or stew of vegetables and sometimes meat.
2. Archaic Porridge.

[Middle English potage, from Old French, from pot, pot; see potiche.]

pottage [ˈpɒtɪdʒ]
n
(Cookery) a thick meat or vegetable soup
[from Old French potage contents of a pot, from pot pot1]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pottage - a stew of vegetables and (sometimes) meat
stew - food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables
2.pottagepottage - thick (often creamy) soup            
soup - liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food


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The movement, however, is perceptible, and once this fact is established I can let the pottage simmer.
But he who sold his birthright for a mess of pottage existed, and Judas Iscariot existed, and Castlereagh existed, and this man exists
' So saying, he gathered together, and brought to a flame, the decaying brands which lay scattered on the ample hearth; took from the larger board a mess of pottage and seethed kid, placed it upon the small table at which he had himself supped, and, without waiting the Jew's thanks, went to the other side of the hall;---whether from unwillingness to hold more close communication with the object of his benevolence, or from a wish to draw near to the upper end of the table, seemed uncertain.
 
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