porringer

porringer
/pawr"in jeuhr, por"-/, n.
a low dish or cup, often with a handle, from which soup, porridge, or the like is eaten.
[1515-25; var. of earlier poddinger, akin to late ME potinger, nasalized var. of potager < MF. See POTTAGE, -ER2]

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bowl
      a shallow, round bowl with one or two flat, horizontal handles set on opposite sides of the rim and, usually, a shallow lid. In recent usage, the word has also been used to refer to late 16th- and early 17th-century English silver vessels of cylindrical form with two vertical scroll handles. The precise purpose of porringers, or écuelles, as they are known in France, is in dispute; but it is thought that they were used to hold broth or gruel.

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  • Porringer — Por rin*ger, n. [OE. pottanger, for pottager; cf. F. potager a soup basin. See {Porridge}.] A porridge dish; esp., a bowl or cup from which children eat or are fed; as, a silver porringer. Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • porringer — late 15c., alteration of potynger small dish for stew, from potage (see POTTAGE (Cf. pottage)) by influence of PORRIDGE (Cf. porridge), with intrusive n by 1530s (Cf. passenger, messenger) …   Etymology dictionary

  • porringer — [pôr′in jər] n. [earlier pottanger, pottager < Fr potager, soup dish: altered by assoc. with PORRIDGE] a small, shallow bowl, often of pewter and usually having a flat, horizontal handle …   English World dictionary

  • Porringer — A porringer is a small, usually pewter, dish from which Europeans and colonial Americans ate their gruel or porridge, or other hot or cold dishes. They were usually about 4 to 6 in diameter; 1½ to 3 deep; had a flat, decorated handle at one end,… …   Wikipedia

  • porringer — noun Etymology: alteration of Middle English potager, potynger, from Anglo French potageer, from potage pottage Date: 1522 a low usually metal bowl with a single and usually flat and pierced handle …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • porringer — noun a) A small cup or bowl usually with a handle. b) A small, pewter dish that colonial Americans ate their porridge from …   Wiktionary

  • porringer — pÉ”rɪndÊ’É™(r) , pÉ‘r / pÉ’r n. dish for porridge, porridge bowl …   English contemporary dictionary

  • porringer — [ pɒrɪn(d)ʒə] noun historical a small bowl, often with a handle, used for soup or similar dishes. Origin ME (earlier as potager and pottinger): from OFr. potager, from potage contents of a pot …   English new terms dictionary

  • porringer — n. Porridge dish …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • porringer — por·rin·ger …   English syllables

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