Flour

(noun.) fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain.

(verb.) convert grain into flour.

(verb.) cover with flour; 'flour fish or meat before frying it'.

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• The meal was then bolted, and the tailings, consisting of bran, middlings and adherent flour, again sifted and re-ground. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• For converting the grain into flour, the inventors of the Nineteenth Century have made revolutionary changes. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• This machine, see Fig. 168, receives the dough at A, where it is coated with flour and flattened into a sheet between rolls. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Flour, terra alba, alum, and chalk are the chief ingredients used in the adulteration of cream of tartar. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• The self-raising flour, so widely advertised by grocers, is flour in which these ingredients or their equivalent have been mixed by the manufacturer. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• In 1786-7 he obtained in Pennsylvania and Maryland patents for applying steam to driving flour mills and propelling waggons. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• If this substance is not available, flour paste, lard, sweet oil, or vaseline may be used. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.

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