| 释义 |
floured, ppl. a.|flaʊəd|
[f. flour n. or v. + -ed.]
1. Sprinkled or covered with flour.
1814Sir R. Wilson Diary II. 328 We are too old mice to be caught by a floured cat. 1849Sidonia Sorc. I. 225 A miller..was belabouring him stoutly with his floured fists. 1873R. Broughton Nancy III. 184 Looking at me..from the highest summit of my floured head, to the point of my buckled shoes.
2. (See quot.)
1881Raymond Mining Gloss., Floured, the finely granulated condition of quicksilver, produced to a greater or less extent by its agitation during the amalgamation process. |