In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
flouring
present participle of flour
• fourling, groinful
Source: Wiktionary
Flour, n. Etym: [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.]
Definition: 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 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, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Floured; p. pr. & vb. n. Flouring.]
1. To grind and bolt; to convert into flour; as, to flour wheat.
2. To sprinkle with flour.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 January 2025
(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.