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Webster 1913 Edition
Flour
Flour
(flour)
, Noun.
[F.
fleur de farine
the flower (i.e., the best) of meal, cf. Sp. flor de la harina
superfine flour, Icel. flür
flower, flour. See Flower
.] The finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain; especially, the finer part of meal separated by bolting; hence, the fine and soft powder of any substance;
as,
flour
of emery; flour
of mustard.Flour bolt
, in milling, a gauze-covered, revolving, cylindrical frame or reel, for sifting the flour from the refuse contained in the meal yielded by the stones.
– Flour box
a tin box for scattering flour; a dredging box.
– Flour dredge
or Flour dredger
a flour box.
– Flour dresser
, a mashine for sorting and distributing flour according to grades of fineness.
– Flour mill
, a mill for grinding and sifting flour.
Flour
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Floured
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flouring
.] 1.
To grind and bolt; to convert into flour;
as, to
. flour
wheat2.
To sprinkle with flour.
Webster 1828 Edition
Flour
FLOUR
,Noun.
The edible part of corn; meal. In the United States, the modern practice is to make a distinction between flour and meal; the word flour being more usually applied to the finer part of meal, separated from the bran, as wheat flour, rye flour. This is a just and useful distinction.
FLOUR
,Verb.
T.
1.
To grind and bolt; to convert into flour. Wheat used formerly to be sent to market; but now great quantities of it are floured in the interior country.2.
To sprinkle with flour.