[flouuh
r, flou-er] 
| 1. | the finely ground meal of grain, esp. the finer meal separated by bolting. |
| 2. | the finely ground and bolted meal of wheat, as that used in baking. |
| 3. | a finely ground, powdery foodstuff, as of dehydrated potatoes, fish, or bananas. |
| 4. | a fine, soft powder: flour of emery. |
| 5. | to make (grain or the like) into flour; grind and bolt. |
| 6. | to sprinkle or dredge with flour: Flour the chicken before frying. |
| 7. | (of mercury) to refuse to amalgamate with another metal because of some impurity of the metal; lie on the surface of the metal in the form of minute globules. |
| 8. | to disintegrate into minute particles. |
| flour (flou'ər, flour) n.
[Middle English, flower, best of anything, flour; see flower.] flour'y adj. |
Flour
Grain reduced to the form of meal is spoken of in the time of Abraham (Gen. 18:6). As baking was a daily necessity, grain was also ground daily at the mills (Jer. 25:10). The flour mingled with water was kneaded in kneading-troughs, and sometimes leaven (Ex. 12:34) was added and sometimes omitted (Gen. 19:3). The dough was then formed into thin cakes nine or ten inches in diameter and baked in the oven. Fine flour was offered by the poor as a sin-offering (Lev. 5:11-13), and also in connection with other sacrifices (Num. 15:3-12; 28:7-29).