Word Meanings - ALEUROMANCY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Divination by means of flour. Encyc. Brit.

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• FLOURY
  Of or resembling flour; mealy; covered with flour. Dickens.
• ENCYCLOPEDIAN
  Embracing the whole circle of learning, or a wide range of subjects.
• ENCYCLOPEDIST
  The compiler of an encyclopedia, or one who assists in such compilation; also, one whose knowledge embraces the whole range of the sciences. The Encyclopedists, the writers of the great French encyclopedia which appeared in 1751-1772. The editors
• ENCYCLOPEDIC; ENCYCLOPEDICAL
  Pertaining to, or of the nature of, an encyclopedia; embracing a wide range of subjects.
• FLOURISHINGLY
  , adv. In a flourishing manner; ostentatiously.
• ENCYCLOPEDISM
  The art of writing or compiling encyclopedias; also, possession of the whole range of knowledge; encyclopedic learning.
• ENCYCLOPEDIA; ENCYCLOPAEDIA
  The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge; esp., a work in which the various branches of science or art are discussed separately, and usually in alphabetical order; a cyclopedia.
• FLOURISHER
  One who flourishes.
• FLOURED
  Finely granulated; -- said of quicksilver which has been granulated by agitation during the amalgamation process. Raymond.
• DIVINATION
  1. The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means. There shall not be found among you any one that . . . useth divination, or an observer of times, or an
• ENCYCLOPEDIACAL
  Encyclopedic.
• FLOUR
  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,
• ENCYCLIC; ENCYCLICAL
  Sent to many persons or places; intended for many, or for a whole order of men; general; circular; as, an encyclical letter of a council, of a bishop, or the pope.
• FLOURISH
  fleurir, fr. L. florere to bloom, fr. flos, floris, flower. See 1. To grow luxuriantly; to increase and enlarge, as a healthy growing plant; a thrive. A tree thrives and flourishes in a kindly . . . soil. Bp. Horne. 2. To be prosperous; to increase
• DEFLOURER
  One who deflours; a ravisher.
• RED DOG FLOUR; RED-DOG FLOUR
  The lowest grade of flour in milling. It is dark and of little expansive power, is secured largely from the germ or embryo and adjacent parts, and contains a relatively high percentage of protein. It is chiefly useful as feed for farm animals.
• REFLOURISH
  To flourish again.
• DEFLOUR
  1. To deprive of flowers. 2. To take away the prime beauty and grace of; to rob of the choicest ornament. He died innocent and before the sweetness of his soul was defloured and ravished from him. Jer. Taylor. 3. To deprive of virginity,
• OVERFLOURISH
  1. To make excessive display or flourish of. Collier. 2. To embellish with outward ornaments or flourishes; to varnish over. Shak.