Definition of Mortrew. Meaning of Mortrew. Synonyms of Mortrew

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Definition of Mortrew

Mortrew
Mortress Mor"tress, Mortrew Mor"trew, n. [See Mortar.] A dish of meats and other ingredients, cooked together; an ollapodrida. --Chaucer. Bacon.

Meaning of Mortrew from wikipedia

- and bread crumbs were called by various names like brewet, egerdouce, mortrew, mawmenee, blancmange and blance dessore. Thinner pottages were said to...
- A mortis, also spelt mortrose, mortress, mortrews, or mortruys, was a sweet pâté of a meat such as chicken or fish, mixed with ground almonds, made in...
- feast; and mysterious old culinary terms (such as "pestils of pora", "mortrews" and "mawney"). Hartley, who remained unmarried, died at Fron House, Froncysyllte...