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Flour mill   /flˈaʊər mɪl/   Listen
noun
Flour  n.  The finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain; especially, the finer part of meal separated by bolting; hence, the fine and soft powder of any substance; as, flour of emery; flour of mustard.
Flour bolt, in milling, a gauze-covered, revolving, cylindrical frame or reel, for sifting the flour from the refuse contained in the meal yielded by the stones.
Flour box a tin box for scattering flour; a dredging box.
Flour dredge or Flour dredger, a flour box.
Flour dresser, a mashine for sorting and distributing flour according to grades of fineness.
Flour mill, a mill for grinding and sifting flour.






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"Flour mill" Quotes from Famous Books



... tubs the peat is pulverized under addition of water; the fine parts pass the sieves, while the latter retain the coarse fibres, roots, etc. The peat-mud flows from the tubs into mills, made like a flour mill, but the "stones" constructed of hard wood. The "stones" have a diameter of 8 feet 6 inches; the lower is 8 inches; the upper 21 inches thick. The pressure of the upper "stone" is regulated by adjusting the level ...
— Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel • Samuel William Johnson



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