Word Meanings - ALEUROMANCY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Divination by means of flour. Encyc. Brit.
Related words: (words related to ALEUROMANCY)
- 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.