POR'RIDGE,noun [Latin farrago, or from porrum, a leek.] A kind of food made by boiling meat in water; broth. This mixture is usually called in America, broth or soup, but not porridge With us, porridge is a mixture of meal or flour, boiled with water. Perhaps this distinction is not always observed.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI