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Flour

Flour, n.

noun

n. [See FLOWER. Sp. flor de la harina, superfine flour; Icel. flûr, flowers, finest wheat.] 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 other substance; as, flour of emery.

Flour, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. FLOURED; p. pr. & vb. n. FLOURING.] [From the noun. Cf. Sp. florear, to bolt, to sift.]

Sense 1. To grind and bolt; to convert into flour; as, great quantities of wheat are floured in the interior country.

Sense 2. To sprinkle with flour.