flourn.

Brit.

/ˈflaʊə/, U.S.

/ˈflaʊ(ə)r/

Forms: Middle English fflour, Middle English flowr, Middle English flowyr, Middle English flur, Middle English fluwur, Middle English–1600s floure, Middle English–1600s flowre, Middle English–1800s flower, Middle English– flour, 1800s– flaar (English regional (Yorkshire)), 1800s– fleaur (English regional (Lancashire)), 1800s– fleawr (English regional (Lancashire)); Scottish pre-1700 floore, pre-1700 floure, pre-1700 flowir, pre-1700 flowr, pre-1700 fluir, pre-1700 1700s– flour, 1800s– flooer, 1900s– floor.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: flower n.

Etymology: Originally a variant of flower n., now distinguished in form in the senses below. For the semantic motivation see sense 1a (and compare flower n. 8); the same semantic development is found also in both Anglo-Norman and Old French (from the 12th cent.: see flower n.), and ‘flour’ was probably already one of the established meanings of the word flower n. when it was borrowed into English.The forms flower and flour were not consistently differentiated in print as two distinct words until the early 19th cent. Although the modern distinction is recognized in some 18th-cent. sources (such as Cruden's Concordance 1738), Johnson 1755 does not separate the words, nor does he recognize the spelling flour.

a. Originally, the ‘flower’ or finest quality of meal; hence, the finer portion of meal (whether from wheat or other grain) which is separated by bolting. Also, in modern use, the ordinary name for the meal or farina of wheat as opposed to that obtained from other grain.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > flour > [noun]

floura1325

farina1800

plain flour1879

all-purpose flour1910

the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > wheatmeal

wheatmealc1000

floura1325

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1013 Kalues fleis and flures bred And buttere.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 210 Zuych difference ase þer is..be-tuene bren and flour of huete.

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 46 Take mel roset..smal flour of barly & medle hem togidere.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 168/1 Flowre of mele, farina, simila.

a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 14 Floure of ryce þou grynd also.

1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) ii. xi. 28 b Breade of fyne flowre of wheate..is slowe of digestion.

1691 T. Tryon Wisdom's Dictates 21 Milk, Water, and Flower, seasoned with Salt..are rare Foods for them [Children].

1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper xi. 246 Take a Pound of Flour, rub into it half a Pound of Butter.

1809 N. Pinkney Trav. South of France 8 In a long voyage..flower will not keep.

1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 311 When perfectly ripe and ground into flour, it [sc. Indian corn] is said [etc.].

1871 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce i. ii. 36 The art of obtaining flour from corn..was known to the Egyptians.

b. as type of whiteness.

ΚΠ

a1440 Sir Eglam. 949 Kepe we thys lady whyte as flowre.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 232 Hawbrekis, that war quhit as flour.

†c. In figurative phrase: to bolt all the flour: to investigate a matter thoroughly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > examine closely [verb (intransitive)]

ransackc1405

sift1535

to bolt all the flour1590

scrutine1592

profound1643

scrutinize1699

probe1878

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iv. sig. P8^v He now had boulted all the floure.

2. By extension.

a. The fine soft powder obtained by grinding or triturating seeds, farinaceous roots, or other alimentary substances.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > flour > [noun] > flour from non-cereals

flour1660

tapioca1707

cassava1750

wood-meal1758

pea-flour1766

gram flour1820

nardoo1861

banana flour1890

soya1897

chickpea flour1913

garri1926

soy1945

bean-flour-

1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 399 They make flower also of fish dryed in the Sun.

1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xxv. 378 The valuable plant (Jatropha), of which the root..affords the flour of manioc.

1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Flour-of-mustard, the seeds of mustard, dried, powdered, and sifted.

1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 348/2 Dusting them [artificial flowers] with fine powdered glass or potato flour to represent the bloom.

1889 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Flour of meat, a fine flour made of dried meat.

b. Any finely-powdered dry substance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [noun] > state of being powdery > fine

smeddumc725

flourc1400

pulviscle1599

pulvil1706

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 99 Flour of bras brent.

1670 W. Clarke Nat. Hist. Nitre 88 If it [gunpowder] should be in flour, or fine powder.

1880 W. H. Wardell in Encycl. Brit. XI. 323 The crystallized saltpetre, having almost the appearance of snow, and technically called ‘flour,’ is raked into the ‘washing-cistern.’

1894 Nation (N.Y.) 22 Mar. 209/3 The sulphur found in other parts of Italy..is..sold in ‘flour,’ in ‘rolls,’ or in ‘cakes.’

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

flour bag n.

ΚΠ

1806 S. Mickle Diary 28 June in F. H. Stewart Notes Old Glouc. County, N.J. (1917) I. 181 Marked a number of my flour bags with oil and lamp black.

1872 B. Jerrold London vii. 71 The whole scene, from thimble-rigger to the peer armed with flour-bags.

1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Jan. 27/3 For the domestic beekeeper an old flour bag makes an ideal strainer.

flour-barrel n.

ΚΠ

1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vi. ii. 89 A cooper, hooping a flour barrel.

flour-dredge n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > baker's equipment > flour sprinkler

flour-dredge1858

flour-dredger1867

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Flour-dredge, a tin for sprinkling flour.

flour-dredger n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > baker's equipment > flour sprinkler

flour-dredge1858

flour-dredger1867

1867 ‘T. Lackland’ Homespun i. 125 Spoons, and knives, and rolling-pins, and flour-dredgers.

1939–40 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 165/3 Flour dredgers.

flour-grinder n.

ΚΠ

1828 G. P. R. James Richelieu xxxvii Those dusty jackets, which have been the insignia of flour-grinders from all generations.

flour loaf n.

ΚΠ

1828 A. Sherburne Mem. ii. 52 He withdrew and sent us in some flour loaves.

flour man n.

ΚΠ

1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Oct. i. 7 The Flour-men do not care to buy this yellow Wheat in Summer.

1848 Knickerbocker 31 221 The butcher's bill, the coal man's bill, the flour man's bill, the house rent, were all quickly settled.

flour-mill n.

ΚΠ

1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. II. lii. 213 Rivers..upon which are fulling, flower and saw mills.

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 142 We have given a section of a double flour-mill.

flour miller n.

ΚΠ

1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 26 Mar. 1/4 Flour millers have asked for a compensatory duty on flour.

flour milling n.

ΚΠ

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. cxiv. 643 Minneapolis..has become..the greatest flour-milling centre in America.

flour-packer n.

flour-paste n.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > adhesive > [noun] > flour-based

paste1530

batter1624

flour-paste1806

1806 Sporting Mag. 28 212 Luting the interstices of the lid with flour-paste.

flour-sack n.

ΚΠ

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Flour-sack, a coarse bag for flour.

flour-shoot n.

ΚΠ

1880 T. Hardy Trumpet-major III. xxxii. 55 The miller entered the mill as if he were simply staying up to grind. But he continually left the flour-shoot to go outside and walk round.

flour-like adj.

ΚΠ

1863 A. B. Grosart Small Sins (ed. 2) 84 You inevitably brush off its powdery flour-like dust.

C2. Special combinations.

flour-ball n. a ball of flour; also a kind of potato which resembles a ball of flour when boiled.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > flour > [noun] > ball of flour

flour-ball1877

1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 438 A wealthy German farmer..was making flour-balls in 1871 for his cattle.

1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Flour-balls, a kind of potato.

flour-beetle n. a beetle which feeds on and is very destructive to flour (see quot.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Heteromera > family Tenebrionidae > tenebrio molitor (flour-beetle)

meal-beetle1839

mealworm beetle1840

flour-beetle1888

1888 Powles tr. Kick Flour Manuf. ix. 248 The flour beetle (Tenebrio molitor) belongs to the family of Melanosomata, [and] is of a pitch black or brown colour.

flour-bolt n. a flour-sieve.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > sieving > sieve or riddle

riddereOE

riddlelOE

boultel1266

temse?1362

reeing-sieve1378

bolt-clothc1425

bolt-pokec1440

bulstarec1440

bigg-riddle1446

oat riddle1446

bolting-tunc1485

bolter1530

bolting-tub1530

bolting-pipe1534

bolting-poke1552

gingerbread temse?1562

bolting-hutch1598

reeving-sieve1613

hutch1619

temzer1696

ree1728

oat-ridder1743

harp1788

bunt1796

bolting-machine1808

sowens-say1825

slap-riddle1844

bolt1847

flour-bolt1874

purifier1884

flour-bolter1888

plansifter1905

1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 889/2 Flour-bolt.

flour-bolter n. = flour-bolt n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > sieving > sieve or riddle

riddereOE

riddlelOE

boultel1266

temse?1362

reeing-sieve1378

bolt-clothc1425

bolt-pokec1440

bulstarec1440

bigg-riddle1446

oat riddle1446

bolting-tunc1485

bolter1530

bolting-tub1530

bolting-pipe1534

bolting-poke1552

gingerbread temse?1562

bolting-hutch1598

reeving-sieve1613

hutch1619

temzer1696

ree1728

oat-ridder1743

harp1788

bunt1796

bolting-machine1808

sowens-say1825

slap-riddle1844

bolt1847

flour-bolt1874

purifier1884

flour-bolter1888

plansifter1905

1888 Powles tr. Kick Flour Manuf. vi. 177 The flour bolter in the old mills..was made of an open woven woollen cloth called bolting cloth.

flour-box n. a tin box for dredging flour.

ΚΠ

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Dredger, a Flower Box.

flour-bread n. wheaten bread.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [noun] > wheaten bread

wheat-bread1377

flour-bread17..

17.. Rose o' Malindie O' iv, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1882) I. i. 224/1 Waur ye but mine, I wald feed ye wi flour-bread an wine.

1840 R. Bremner Excursions Denmark II. 233 The many kinds of flour-bread.

flour-cake n. dialect (see quot.).

ΚΠ

1884 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) Flour-cakes, a..cake..made from a small piece of ordinary bread dough rolled to the size of a plate, and about an inch thick, and then baked on both sides.

flour-dresser n. (see quot.).

ΚΠ

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Flour-dresser, a cylinder for dressing flour, instead of passing it through bolting cloths.

1888 Powles tr. Kick Flour Manuf. vi. 176 The sieve is stretched on an inclined cylinder furnished with brushes on a spindle revolving inside..This variety is called the ‘flour dresser’, or wire and brush machine.

flour-emery n. emery reduced to a fine powder.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > [noun] > corundum or emery

adamantine spar1786

flour-emery1884

1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 101 Flour Emery,..used for smooth burnishers.

flour-factor n. (see quot. 1858).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in food and drink > in specific foodstuffs

saltera1000

oilman1275

oysterman1305

pepperer1309

butchera1325

mealman1527

pepper mana1661

butter factor1696

porkman1749

flour-factor1815

macaroni dealer1854

1815 Gen. Hist. in Ann. Reg. 53/2 They were chiefly mealmen and flour factors.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Flour-factor, an agent for millers; one who sells flour to bakers.

flour-gold n. (see quot.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > native elements and alloys > [noun] > native gold

gold dust1607

virgin gold1673

sand gold1766

vein gold1834

rhodium gold1844

free gold1854

shot gold1858

flour-gold1869

stream-gold1875

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > precious metal > [noun] > gold > other types of gold

angel gold1526

rux1586

flour-gold1869

quickgold1877

sponge-gold1882

1869 R. B. Smyth Gold Fields Victoria 611 Flour-gold, the finest alluvial drift-gold.

flour-meat n. dialect food made with flour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > food made with flour > [noun]

flour-meat1707

1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 83 Flower-meats, and cool Herbs, stop the Pulse.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Flour-meat, bread food; pastry.

flour-mite n. one of several mites or acarids which are found in flour.

flour-moth n. a moth which feeds on flour, esp. Pyralis farinalis.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Pyralidae > genus Pyralis > pyralis farinalis (flour-moth)

meal moth1842

flour-moth1893

1893 Times 15 May 7/1 The ravages of the flour moth, and the damage it was doing in English mills.

flour-worm n. the larva of any one of the flour-beetles or flour-moths.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Pyralidae > genus Pyralis > pyralis farinalis (flour-moth) > larva of

flour-worm1880

mealworm1598

flour-worm1880

1880 T. Hardy Trumpet-major xv, in Good Words May 326/2 Such abundance of water that the old-established death-watches, wood-lice, and flour-worms were all drowned.

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单词	flour
释义	flourn. Brit. /ˈflaʊə/, U.S. /ˈflaʊ(ə)r/ Forms: Middle English fflour, Middle English flowr, Middle English flowyr, Middle English flur, Middle English fluwur, Middle English–1600s floure, Middle English–1600s flowre, Middle English–1800s flower, Middle English– flour, 1800s– flaar (English regional (Yorkshire)), 1800s– fleaur (English regional (Lancashire)), 1800s– fleawr (English regional (Lancashire)); Scottish pre-1700 floore, pre-1700 floure, pre-1700 flowir, pre-1700 flowr, pre-1700 fluir, pre-1700 1700s– flour, 1800s– flooer, 1900s– floor. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: flower n. Etymology: Originally a variant of flower n., now distinguished in form in the senses below. For the semantic motivation see sense 1a (and compare flower n. 8); the same semantic development is found also in both Anglo-Norman and Old French (from the 12th cent.: see flower n.), and ‘flour’ was probably already one of the established meanings of the word flower n. when it was borrowed into English.The forms flower and flour were not consistently differentiated in print as two distinct words until the early 19th cent. Although the modern distinction is recognized in some 18th-cent. sources (such as Cruden's Concordance 1738), Johnson 1755 does not separate the words, nor does he recognize the spelling flour. 1. a. Originally, the ‘flower’ or finest quality of meal; hence, the finer portion of meal (whether from wheat or other grain) which is separated by bolting. Also, in modern use, the ordinary name for the meal or farina of wheat as opposed to that obtained from other grain. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > flour > [noun] floura1325 farina1800 plain flour1879 all-purpose flour1910 the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > wheatmeal wheatmealc1000 floura1325 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1013 Kalues fleis and flures bred And buttere. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 210 Zuych difference ase þer is..be-tuene bren and flour of huete. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 46 Take mel roset..smal flour of barly & medle hem togidere. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 168/1 Flowre of mele, farina, simila. a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 14 Floure of ryce þou grynd also. 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) ii. xi. 28 b Breade of fyne flowre of wheate..is slowe of digestion. 1691 T. Tryon Wisdom's Dictates 21 Milk, Water, and Flower, seasoned with Salt..are rare Foods for them [Children]. 1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper xi. 246 Take a Pound of Flour, rub into it half a Pound of Butter. 1809 N. Pinkney Trav. South of France 8 In a long voyage..flower will not keep. 1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 311 When perfectly ripe and ground into flour, it [sc. Indian corn] is said [etc.]. 1871 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce i. ii. 36 The art of obtaining flour from corn..was known to the Egyptians. b. as type of whiteness. ΚΠ a1440 Sir Eglam. 949 Kepe we thys lady whyte as flowre. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 232 Hawbrekis, that war quhit as flour. †c. In figurative phrase: to bolt all the flour: to investigate a matter thoroughly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > examine closely [verb (intransitive)] ransackc1405 sift1535 to bolt all the flour1590 scrutine1592 profound1643 scrutinize1699 probe1878 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iv. sig. P8^v He now had boulted all the floure. 2. By extension. a. The fine soft powder obtained by grinding or triturating seeds, farinaceous roots, or other alimentary substances. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > flour > [noun] > flour from non-cereals flour1660 tapioca1707 cassava1750 wood-meal1758 pea-flour1766 gram flour1820 nardoo1861 banana flour1890 soya1897 chickpea flour1913 garri1926 soy1945 bean-flour- 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 399 They make flower also of fish dryed in the Sun. 1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xxv. 378 The valuable plant (Jatropha), of which the root..affords the flour of manioc. 1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Flour-of-mustard, the seeds of mustard, dried, powdered, and sifted. 1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 348/2 Dusting them [artificial flowers] with fine powdered glass or potato flour to represent the bloom. 1889 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Flour of meat, a fine flour made of dried meat. b. Any finely-powdered dry substance. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [noun] > state of being powdery > fine smeddumc725 flourc1400 pulviscle1599 pulvil1706 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 99 Flour of bras brent. 1670 W. Clarke Nat. Hist. Nitre 88 If it [gunpowder] should be in flour, or fine powder. 1880 W. H. Wardell in Encycl. Brit. XI. 323 The crystallized saltpetre, having almost the appearance of snow, and technically called ‘flour,’ is raked into the ‘washing-cistern.’ 1894 Nation (N.Y.) 22 Mar. 209/3 The sulphur found in other parts of Italy..is..sold in ‘flour,’ in ‘rolls,’ or in ‘cakes.’ Compounds C1. General attributive. a. flour bag n. ΚΠ 1806 S. Mickle Diary 28 June in F. H. Stewart Notes Old Glouc. County, N.J. (1917) I. 181 Marked a number of my flour bags with oil and lamp black. 1872 B. Jerrold London vii. 71 The whole scene, from thimble-rigger to the peer armed with flour-bags. 1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Jan. 27/3 For the domestic beekeeper an old flour bag makes an ideal strainer. flour-barrel n. ΚΠ 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vi. ii. 89 A cooper, hooping a flour barrel. flour-dredge n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > baker's equipment > flour sprinkler flour-dredge1858 flour-dredger1867 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Flour-dredge, a tin for sprinkling flour. flour-dredger n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > baker's equipment > flour sprinkler flour-dredge1858 flour-dredger1867 1867 ‘T. Lackland’ Homespun i. 125 Spoons, and knives, and rolling-pins, and flour-dredgers. 1939–40 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 165/3 Flour dredgers. flour-grinder n. ΚΠ 1828 G. P. R. James Richelieu xxxvii Those dusty jackets, which have been the insignia of flour-grinders from all generations. flour loaf n. ΚΠ 1828 A. Sherburne Mem. ii. 52 He withdrew and sent us in some flour loaves. flour man n. ΚΠ 1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Oct. i. 7 The Flour-men do not care to buy this yellow Wheat in Summer. 1848 Knickerbocker 31 221 The butcher's bill, the coal man's bill, the flour man's bill, the house rent, were all quickly settled. flour-mill n. ΚΠ 1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. II. lii. 213 Rivers..upon which are fulling, flower and saw mills. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 142 We have given a section of a double flour-mill. flour miller n. ΚΠ 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 26 Mar. 1/4 Flour millers have asked for a compensatory duty on flour. flour milling n. ΚΠ 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. cxiv. 643 Minneapolis..has become..the greatest flour-milling centre in America. flour-packer n. flour-paste n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > adhesive > [noun] > flour-based paste1530 batter1624 flour-paste1806 1806 Sporting Mag. 28 212 Luting the interstices of the lid with flour-paste. flour-sack n. ΚΠ 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Flour-sack, a coarse bag for flour. flour-shoot n. ΚΠ 1880 T. Hardy Trumpet-major III. xxxii. 55 The miller entered the mill as if he were simply staying up to grind. But he continually left the flour-shoot to go outside and walk round. b. flour-like adj. ΚΠ 1863 A. B. Grosart Small Sins (ed. 2) 84 You inevitably brush off its powdery flour-like dust. C2. Special combinations. flour-ball n. a ball of flour; also a kind of potato which resembles a ball of flour when boiled. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > flour > [noun] > ball of flour flour-ball1877 1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 438 A wealthy German farmer..was making flour-balls in 1871 for his cattle. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Flour-balls, a kind of potato. flour-beetle n. a beetle which feeds on and is very destructive to flour (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Heteromera > family Tenebrionidae > tenebrio molitor (flour-beetle) meal-beetle1839 mealworm beetle1840 flour-beetle1888 1888 Powles tr. Kick Flour Manuf. ix. 248 The flour beetle (Tenebrio molitor) belongs to the family of Melanosomata, [and] is of a pitch black or brown colour. flour-bolt n. a flour-sieve. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > sieving > sieve or riddle riddereOE riddlelOE boultel1266 temse?1362 reeing-sieve1378 bolt-clothc1425 bolt-pokec1440 bulstarec1440 bigg-riddle1446 oat riddle1446 bolting-tunc1485 bolter1530 bolting-tub1530 bolting-pipe1534 bolting-poke1552 gingerbread temse?1562 bolting-hutch1598 reeving-sieve1613 hutch1619 temzer1696 ree1728 oat-ridder1743 harp1788 bunt1796 bolting-machine1808 sowens-say1825 slap-riddle1844 bolt1847 flour-bolt1874 purifier1884 flour-bolter1888 plansifter1905 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 889/2 Flour-bolt. flour-bolter n. = flour-bolt n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > sieving > sieve or riddle riddereOE riddlelOE boultel1266 temse?1362 reeing-sieve1378 bolt-clothc1425 bolt-pokec1440 bulstarec1440 bigg-riddle1446 oat riddle1446 bolting-tunc1485 bolter1530 bolting-tub1530 bolting-pipe1534 bolting-poke1552 gingerbread temse?1562 bolting-hutch1598 reeving-sieve1613 hutch1619 temzer1696 ree1728 oat-ridder1743 harp1788 bunt1796 bolting-machine1808 sowens-say1825 slap-riddle1844 bolt1847 flour-bolt1874 purifier1884 flour-bolter1888 plansifter1905 1888 Powles tr. Kick Flour Manuf. vi. 177 The flour bolter in the old mills..was made of an open woven woollen cloth called bolting cloth. flour-box n. a tin box for dredging flour. ΚΠ 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Dredger, a Flower Box. flour-bread n. wheaten bread. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [noun] > wheaten bread wheat-bread1377 flour-bread17.. 17.. Rose o' Malindie O' iv, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1882) I. i. 224/1 Waur ye but mine, I wald feed ye wi flour-bread an wine. 1840 R. Bremner Excursions Denmark II. 233 The many kinds of flour-bread. flour-cake n. dialect (see quot.). ΚΠ 1884 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) Flour-cakes, a..cake..made from a small piece of ordinary bread dough rolled to the size of a plate, and about an inch thick, and then baked on both sides. flour-dresser n. (see quot.). ΚΠ 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Flour-dresser, a cylinder for dressing flour, instead of passing it through bolting cloths. 1888 Powles tr. Kick Flour Manuf. vi. 176 The sieve is stretched on an inclined cylinder furnished with brushes on a spindle revolving inside..This variety is called the ‘flour dresser’, or wire and brush machine. flour-emery n. emery reduced to a fine powder. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > [noun] > corundum or emery adamantine spar1786 flour-emery1884 1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 101 Flour Emery,..used for smooth burnishers. flour-factor n. (see quot. 1858). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in food and drink > in specific foodstuffs saltera1000 oilman1275 oysterman1305 pepperer1309 butchera1325 mealman1527 pepper mana1661 butter factor1696 porkman1749 flour-factor1815 macaroni dealer1854 1815 Gen. Hist. in Ann. Reg. 53/2 They were chiefly mealmen and flour factors. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Flour-factor, an agent for millers; one who sells flour to bakers. flour-gold n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > native elements and alloys > [noun] > native gold gold dust1607 virgin gold1673 sand gold1766 vein gold1834 rhodium gold1844 free gold1854 shot gold1858 flour-gold1869 stream-gold1875 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > precious metal > [noun] > gold > other types of gold angel gold1526 rux1586 flour-gold1869 quickgold1877 sponge-gold1882 1869 R. B. Smyth Gold Fields Victoria 611 Flour-gold, the finest alluvial drift-gold. flour-meat n. dialect food made with flour. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > food made with flour > [noun] flour-meat1707 1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 83 Flower-meats, and cool Herbs, stop the Pulse. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Flour-meat, bread food; pastry. flour-mite n. one of several mites or acarids which are found in flour. flour-moth n. a moth which feeds on flour, esp. Pyralis farinalis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Pyralidae > genus Pyralis > pyralis farinalis (flour-moth) meal moth1842 flour-moth1893 1893 Times 15 May 7/1 The ravages of the flour moth, and the damage it was doing in English mills. flour-worm n. the larva of any one of the flour-beetles or flour-moths. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Pyralidae > genus Pyralis > pyralis farinalis (flour-moth) > larva of flour-worm1880 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Heteromera > family Tenebrionidae > tenebrio molitor (flour-beetle) > larva of mealworm1598 flour-worm1880 1880 T. Hardy Trumpet-major xv, in Good Words May 326/2 Such abundance of water that the old-established death-watches, wood-lice, and flour-worms were all drowned. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022). flourv. Brit. /ˈflaʊə/, U.S. /ˈflaʊ(ə)r/ Forms: see flour n. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: flour n. Etymology: < flour n. 1. transitive. To sprinkle with flour. Also transferred. To powder (a wig). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > garnishing > garnish [verb (transitive)] > sprinkle with flour flour1653 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > furnish with artificial hair [verb (transitive)] > powder pulvil1700 flour1732 1653 T. Barker Art of Angling 14 Trouts..being flowr'd first. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Sheeps-tongues..after they have been flower'd and fry'd..may be soaked by degrees with Truffles and Mushrooms. 1728 E. Smith Compl. Housewife (ed. 2) 130 Flour some Sheets of Tin, and drop your Bisket..and put them into the Oven. 1732 E. Forrest Hogarth's Tour 5 We shaved, and had our wigs flowered. 1887 W. Besant World Went xxvi. 200 It was..one of the 'prentices flouring the Vicar's wig for Sunday. 2. U.S. To grind (grain) into flour. ΚΠ 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Great quantities of it [wheat] are floured in the interior countries. 1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (at cited word) This mill can flour two hundred barrels a day. 3. intransitive. Mining. Of mercury: To break up into dull particles coated with some sulphide and incapable of coalescing with other metals. Cf. flouring n. Also transitive. ΚΠ 1882 A. G. Locke Gold 21 The mercury employed for amalgamation..sickens or ‘flours’ when ground up with pyritous rocks. 1882 Rep. Precious Metals (U.S. Bureau of Mint) 648 The action of pounding is likely..to flour the gold as well as the quicksilver. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1325v.1653
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