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gruel
1199, from O.Fr.
gruel,
from Frank.
*grut
(cf. M.Du.
grute
"coarse meal, malt;" M.H.G.
gruz
"grain");
gruelling
"exhausting, punishing," first recorded 1891, from late 18c. slang
get one's gruel
"receive one's punishment."
