Nine Day Old Porridge Crossword Clue

We think the answer is "PEASE" which means:

noun
• • A plant, pisum sativum, member of the legume (fabaceae) family.
• • The edible seed of some of these plants.
• • A ball travelling at high velocity.
• • (indiana) any of the small numbered balls used in a pea shake game.
• • Any of several varieties of bean.
• • A peafowl
• • Wampum.
• • A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
• • The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
• • The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.
• • The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
• • The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
• • The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
• • The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
• • A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.
verb
• • To make peace between (conflicting people, states etc.); to reconcile.
• • To bring (a war, conflict) to an end.
• • To placate, appease (someone).

An example sentence would be:

• • "The farmer grew a field of pease for his livestock to eat."
• • "She prepared a delicious soup using fresh pease as the main ingredient."

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