FLOUNDER

n. Flu'u4nd-u4r. The Pleuronectes flesus. [B.] II.or It, n. Flu8'u4r. Gr.,a\4.Tov, Kpiiivov. Lat., farina (from far, a sort of grain). Fr.,farine. Ger., Mehl. It., farina. Sp., tarina. A flne powder, especially of a cereal grain. Baked f. Lat., farina tost a, farina tritici tost a. A preparation made by }aking wheat f. in a slack oven untij it acquires a pale-buff hue; used as food for infants troubled with diarrhoea. [B, 199 (a, 21).] Boiled f. Lat., farina pre par at a, tritichta. A preparation made by tying fine f. up in a linen cloth as lightly as po ible. and, after dipping frequently in cold water, dredging over the outside of the cloth with f. until a crust is formed around it to prevent the water from soaking into it, boiling for a long time, and, when cold, dividing into small, oblong pieces. For use it should be reduced to powder and prepared like arrow-root. [B, 199 (a, 21).] Cold-blast extra f. A trade name for a kind of f. made from choice wheat by peculiar proce es which le en the normal proportion of starch and increase the percentage of gluten; said to contain an amount of phosphates greater than that of the best commercial f. [a, 21.] Poison f. Ger.. Giftmehl. Crude arsenic. Special diabetic f. A trade name for a f. left after washing out most of the starch from peeled wheat f.; used in diabetes, [a, 21.] [s. 78]