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semolina|sɛməˈliːnə|
Also semoulina, ‖ semolino.
[Altered form of It. semolino, dim. of semola bran: see semola.]
An article of food consisting of those hard portions of ‘flinty’ wheat which resist the action of the millstones, and are collected in the form of rounded grains. (See also quot. 1858.) Also attrib., as semolina pudding.
1797Underwood Dis. Children III. 82 To broth may be added light puddings, made of bread, semolina, tapioca, or rice. 1845E. Acton Mod. Cookery (ed. 2) 395 A good Semoulina pudding. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Semolino... The commercial name for the fine hard parts of wheat rounded by attrition in the millstones, imported chiefly from Italy... In France the name semolino is given to the large hard grains of wheat retained in the bolting machine, after the fine parts have been pressed through its meshes. 1884Bath Herald 27 Dec. 6/4 It is sought, while dividing the bran from the interior of the grain, to break up the latter, not into flour but into fragments known as ‘semolina’, or ‘middlings’. 1904‘E. Nesbit’ Phœnix & Carpet xii. 219 When lunch came it was just hashed mutton and semolina pudding. |