0 present participle of flour
1 to put flour on a surface to prevent food from sticking:
Grease and flour the tins thoroughly.
In the past, it had flouring and planing mills, stove works, car shops, and shoe, hosiery, cigar, and furniture factories.
In 1883 the town then had a flouring mill of 200 barrels daily capacity.
By 1894, the city had grown to 400 residents, one bank, two hotels, three churches, and a flouring mill.
A very big table and a long roller are used, with continual flouring between layers to prevent tearing.
Salt intended for dairy purposes was ground between granite rollers and that intended for table use was put through an ordinary flouring mill.
It contained three stores, one flouring and saw mill, pearl ash factory and tannery.
By 1885, the village had two dry goods and several other retail shops, a saw mill and a flouring mill, a hotel, post office, various craftsman, and four physicians.
This process (of flouring, frying and simmering in gravy) is known as smothering and can be used for other tough cuts of meat, such as swiss steak.
