1. Cornmeal boiled in water; SYN. cornmeal mush.
2. Any substance having the consistence of mush.

ETYM Probably corrupted from pottage; perh. influenced by Old Eng. porree a kind of pottage, Old Fren. porrée, from Latin porrum, porrus, leek. Related to Pottage, Porringer.
Soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick.