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▪ I. † eˈfflower, v.1 Obs. rare—1.
In 5 efflour.
[f. ef- + flower v.]
intr. Of a plant: To go out of bloom.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. iii. 82 This meene [kynde] effloureth [L. deflorescit] sone.
▪ II. efflower, v.2 rare.|ɛˈflaʊə(r)|
[ad. F. effleurer in same sense (after flower).]
(See quot.)
1875Ure Dict. Arts III. 87 Chamois, or Shamoy leather. The skins are first washed, limed, fleeced, and branned as above described. They are next efflowered, that is deprived of their epidermis, by a blunt knife. |