D defs.my
Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Flour

/(flour)/ · IPA /ˈflaʊ̯.ɚ/
01 n. 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 p…
  1. 1.
    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.
Phrases & compounds
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 — 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.
02 v. t. To grind and bolt; to convert into flour; as, to flour wheat.
imp. & p. p. Floured; p. pr. & vb. n. Flouring
  1. 1.
    To grind and bolt; to convert into flour; as, to flour wheat.
  2. 2.
    To sprinkle with flour.