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

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

Come dance a jig To my Granny's pig, With a raudy, rowdy, dowdy; Come dance a jig To my Granny's pig, And pussy-cat shall crowdy.

From The Nursery Rhymes of England by Various

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

"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

There's aye a glum look where there's cauld crowdy.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander