flour etc

  • 41spout — /spaʊt / (say spowt) verb (t) 1. to discharge or emit (a liquid, etc.) in a stream with some force. 2. Colloquial to utter or declaim in an oratorical manner. –verb (i) 3. to discharge a liquid, etc., in a jet or continuous stream. 4. to issue… …

  • 42enrich — [en rich′, inrich′] vt. [ME enrichen < OFr enrichier] to make rich or richer; specif., a) to give more wealth to b) to give greater value, importance, effectiveness, etc. to [to enrich a curriculum] c) to decorate; adorn d) to fertilize (soil) …

    English World dictionary

  • 43bolt — 1. n., v., & adv. n. 1 a sliding bar and socket used to fasten or lock a door, gate, etc. 2 a large usu. metal pin with a head, usu. riveted or used with a nut, to hold things together. 3 a discharge of lightning. 4 an act of bolting (cf. sense 4 …

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  • 44dredge — English has two distinct words dredge, neither with a particularly well documented past. Dredge ‘clear mud, silt, etc from waterway’ [16] may be related in some way to the 15thcentury Scottish term dreg boat, and similarities have been pointed… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 45Hudson's Bay Company —    Organized by a number of English gentlemen, who sent out a trading expedition to Hudson Bay, in the Nonsuch, in 1668. This initial venture proved so successful that two other ships were sent out in 1670; and the same year King Charles granted… …

    The makers of Canada

  • 46dredger — I. /ˈdrɛdʒə/ (say drejuh) noun 1. a machine for dredging. 2. someone who uses a dredge. 3. a barge, boat, etc., equipped for dredging. II. /ˈdrɛdʒə/ (say drejuh) noun a container with a perforated top for sprinkling flour, etc. {dredge2 + er1} …

  • 47dredge — English has two distinct words dredge, neither with a particularly well documented past. Dredge ‘clear mud, silt, etc from waterway’ [16] may be related in some way to the 15thcentury Scottish term dreg boat, and similarities have been pointed… …

    Word origins

  • 48bolter — bolter1 [bōl′tər] n. 1. a horse that bolts, or runs away ☆ 2. a person who withdraws from a political party, group, etc. bolter2 [bōl′tər] n. a device for bolting, or sifting, flour, etc …

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  • 49dough — n. 1 a thick mixture of flour etc. and liquid (usu. water), for baking into bread, pastry, etc. 2 sl. money. Etymology: OE dag f. Gmc …

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  • 50Dredge — Dredge, v. t. To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] {Dredging box}. (a) Same as 2d {Dredger}. (b) (Gun.) A copper box with a perforated lid; used for sprinkling meal powder over shell fuses. Farrow.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English