Hypertext Webster Gateway: "flour"

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)

Flour
Grain reduced to the form of meal is spoken of in the time of
Abraham (Gen. 18:6). As baking was a daily necessity, grain was
also ground daily at the mills (Jer. 25:10). The flour mingled
with water was kneaded in kneading-troughs, and sometimes leaven
(Ex. 12:34) was added and sometimes omitted (Gen. 19:3). The
dough was then formed into thin cakes nine or ten inches in
diameter and baked in the oven.

Fine flour was offered by the poor as a sin-offering (Lev.
5:11-13), and also in connection with other sacrifices (Num.
15:3-12; 28:7-29).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Flour \Flour\, n. [F. fleur de farine the flower (i.e., the
best) of meal, cf. Sp. flor de la harina superfine flour,
Icel. fl["u]r 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 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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

flour
n : fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the
meal of a cereal grain
v 1: cover with flour, as of fish or meat, in cooking
2: convert grain into flour


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