单词 | self-raising |
释义 | self-raisingadj.ΚΠ 1660 J. Gauden Cromwell's Bloody Slaughter-house 79 Had you been our Open Enemies, or self-raising Rebels in a declared rivalry and enmity against King, Parliament and Countrey, we could..have prevented and opposed you. 1691 R. Porter Life of Mr. John Hieron vi. 15 The Ministers now disturbed were silenced, not by a rude self-calling, and self-raising Rabble, but by a formality of Law. 1720 R. Erskine Gospel-canticles i. 38 I dare not use that proud, Self-raising Strain, Go help your self, and God will help you then. 2. Of flour: having a raising agent already added.Henry Jones, of Bristol, applied for British Patent 10,555 for the preparation of flour in this way in 1845, but not with this description, which seems to have been first used by Hecker & Brothers, of Croton Mills, New York.In U.S. use the equivalent self-rising adj. is now more common. ΚΠ 1852 Newport (Rhode Island) Daily News 4 May (advt.) Heckers Self-Raising Flour is another new and convenient article for house keepers. 1853 Bristol Mercury 19 Feb. 5/4 H. Jones's Patent Self-Raising Flour..has been awarded a Gold Medal by the American Institute at New York. 1876 M. N. F. Henderson Pract. Cooking 70 The self-raising flour is very nice for making muffins. In using this, of course, the baking-powder should be omitted. 1954 Times Pict. (Dublin) 4 Sept. 7/4 You can use self-raising or plain flour. 2013 G. Baker Great Brit. Bake Off 102 Scones... 500g self-raising flour. 70g caster sugar [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1660 |
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