to cover with flour or to whiten as if with flour.
From 'be-' plus 'flour,' the ground grain. This verb suggests coating something completely in flour, as though transforming its appearance.
In old cooking and baking manuals, 'beflour' would describe the hefty dredging of meat or fish in flour before cooking—a verb that faded as recipes became less ceremonious and detailed.
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