different between oatmeal vs skillygalee

English

Etymology

From Middle English otemele, from ote (“oat”) + mele (“meal, coarse-ground grains”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?o?tmil/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???tmi?l/
• Hyphenation: oat?meal

Noun

oatmeal (usually uncountable, plural oatmeals)

1. Meal made from rolled or round oats.
2. A breakfast cereal made from rolled oats, cooked in milk and/or water.

   Synonym: (Britain) porridge

3. A light greyish brown colour, like that of oatmeal.

Translations

Adjective

oatmeal (not comparable)

1. Of a light greyish brown colour, like that of oatmeal
   • 1929, Homes and Gardens magazine

     Boldly patterned textiles in oatmeal tones with a woven design in a strongly contrasting colour can be used alike for upholstery and as a wall hanging […]

Translations

Derived terms

• oatmeal drink
• oatmeal porridge

See also

Further reading

• oatmeal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• skilligalee
• skilligolee

Noun

skillygalee (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, nautical) A type of gruel made from oatmeal.
   • 2005 Gregory Fremont-Barnes, Steve Noon, Nelson's Sailors, Osprey Publishing, p24

     Breakfast was served at 8am and sometimes consisted of skillygalee, a sort of oatmeal gruel prepared in fatty water and which by the time of Trafalgar included butter and sugar.

2. (obsolete) A thin broth prepared by soaking hardtack in water, and frying with pork fat.
   • 2004 Brian Leehan, Pale Horse at Plum Run: The First Minnesota at Gettysburg, Minnesota Historical Society Press, p200

     Skillygalee was born of left-over pork grease and crackers too tough to bite and chew.