the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A dish formed of oatmeal boiled in water to a certain consistency and frequently stirred, or of oatmeal and dripping mixed together and stirred about in a pan; a hasty pudding.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Oatmeal or other porridge.
n. Oatmeal and dripping or bacon-fat mixed together and stirred about in a frying-pan.
Word Usage
"At twelve o'clock it gets dinner, composed of a tin of coarse Indian meal stirabout (skilly), and at half-past five it gets"