Chapter 7, Item 107a
Baker's terms
Bakers Terms in their Art.
Beat, Pound, Bray, is to pulverize or make Spices into Pouder with Pestel and Mortar.
Ptisan, or Husk of Corn.
Gurgin, or Bran.
Groats, Cutlings, Oats husked.
Grist, Meal unsifted from the Bran.
Starch, it is made of fine Dant or flower of Wheat,
Frumentie, or Furmentie is Hulled Wheat.
Sift, is to part the Meal from the Bran by a Sieve.
Musty, Fusty, Foisted, Pust Corn.
Light, Spungy Bread, swift for an Houshold Family.
Sad, heavy close Bread.
Livered, tough Bread.
Crust, the out-side of Bread.
Crum, the in-side of a Loaf of Bread.
A Scovel, a Maukin, an Oven sweep.
A Bake-House, where an Oven is to Bake Bread.
A Hair searce, to sift Meal from Bran.
A Slice, to cut Dough into pieces, called a Beater, a Break.
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