flour : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: flour	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for flour
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flour n fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain v cover with flour; "flour fish or meat before frying it" convert grain into flour
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[81]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 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).