Meaning of gurgeons | Babel Free

Definitions

A coarse bran flour.

obsolete, plural, plural-only

Examples

“The raueled cheat therfore is generallie ſo made that out of one buſhell of meale, after two and twentie pounds of bran be ſifted and taken from it (wherevnto they ad the gurgeons that riſe from the manchet) they make thirtie cast, euerie lofe weighing eightéene ounces into the ouen and ſixteene ounces out[…]”

“You that can deal with Gudgins^([sic]), and courſe floure, / 'Tis pitie you ſhould taſte what manchet means[…]”

“Where by the way note, that loaves made of pure Wheaten Meal require both more Leaven and more labouring, and more baking than either coarſe Cheat or than Bread Mingled of Meal and Grudgins.”

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