FLOURING

Verb

flouring

present participle of flour

Anagrams

• fourling, groinful

Source: Wiktionary


FLOUR

Flour, n. Etym: [F. fleur de farine the flower (i.e., the best) of meal, cf. Sp. flor de la harina superfine flour, Icel. flĂĽr 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



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