"water gruel" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 78",
          "text": "[A]t the very time when he was so very humane to poor Richardson, he absolutely suffered his own uncle and aunt to sell their beds to support them in water-gruel […].",
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        "A thin food made of water cooked with a small portion of oatmeal or similar substance, sometimes seasoned with other ingredients."
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  "word": "water gruel"
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