crowdy

American  

[kroo-dee, kroh-, krood-ee] / ˈkru di, ˈkroʊ-, ˈkrʊd i /

Or crowdie

noun

Scot. and North England.

plural

crowdies

1. a dish of meal, especially oatmeal and water, or sometimes milk, stirred together; gruel; brose; porridge.

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Etymology

Origin of crowdy

First recorded in 1490–1500; of obscure origin

Example Sentences

They had besides apple-tarts, apple mose, apple slump, mess apple-pies, buttered apple-pies, apple crowdy and puff apple-pies—all differing.

From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse

A jeering appellation for a north country seaman, particularly a collier; Jock being a common name, and crowdy the chief food, of the lower order of the people in Northumberland.

From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis

Why, there is country left, it is true, for such as have money, and ar' not particular in the choice," returned the emigrant; "but to my taste, it is getting crowdy.

From The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore

"Hae ye been gettin ony meat except this crowdy an Adam's wine?" again said the other.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander

Ye'll cool and come to yoursel, like MacGibbon's crowdy when he set it oot at the window-bole.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander