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Definition of: gruel
(gr
′əl) noun
A semi–liquid food made by boiling meal in water or milk.
—to take one's gruel To take one's punishment.
—v.t. gru·eled or gru·elled, gru·el·ing or gru·el·ling To wear out, disable, or exhaust by hard work, punishment, etc. [<OF, meal, ult. <Med. L grutum coarse meal <Gmc.]
—gru′el·er or gru′el·ler noun
—gru′el·ly adjective
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