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Molasse
(gcide) | Molasse \Mo*lasse"\, n. [F. molasse, prob. fr. mollasse flabby,
flimsy, fr. L. mollis soft.] (Geol.)
A soft Tertiary sandstone; -- applied to a rock occurring in
Switzerland. See Chart of Geology.
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as slow as molasses in january
(encz) | as slow as molasses in January,velmi pomalý Zdeněk Brož |
molasses
(encz) | molasses,melasa n: Zdeněk Brož |
molasses cookie
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molasses kiss
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molasses taffy
(encz) | molasses taffy, n: |
sorghum molasses
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Maple molasses
(gcide) | Maple \Ma"ple\ (m[=a]"p'l), n. [AS. mapolder, mapulder, mapol;
akin to Icel. m["o]purr; cf. OHG. mazzaltra, mazzoltra, G.
massholder.] (Bot.)
A tree of the genus Acer, including about fifty species.
Acer saccharinum is the rock maple, or sugar maple,
from the sap of which sugar is made, in the United States, in
great quantities, by evaporation; the red maple or {swamp
maple} is Acer rubrum; the silver maple, {Acer
dasycarpum}, having fruit wooly when young; the {striped
maple}, Acer Pennsylvanium, called also moosewood. The
common maple of Europe is Acer campestre, the {sycamore
maple} is Acer Pseudo-platanus, and the Norway maple is
Acer platanoides.
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Note: Maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc.
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Bird's-eye maple, Curled maple, varieties of the wood of
the rock maple, in which a beautiful lustrous grain is
produced by the sinuous course of the fibers.
Maple honey, Maple molasses, Maple syrup, or {Maple
sirup}, maple sap boiled to the consistency of molasses.
Maple sugar, sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple
by evaporation.
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Molasses
(gcide) | Molasses \Mo*las"ses\, n. [F. m['e]lasse, cf. Sp. melaza, Pg.
mela[,c]o, fr. L. mellaceus honeylike, honey-sweet, mel,
mellis, honey. See Mellifluous, and cf. Melasses.]
The thick, brown or dark colored, viscid, uncrystallizable
sirup which drains from sugar, in the process of manufacture;
any thick, viscid, sweet sirup made from vegetable juice or
sap, as of the sorghum or maple. See Treacle.
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sugarhouse molasses
(gcide) | Treacle \Trea"cle\ (tr[=e]"k'l), n. [OE. triacle a sovereign
remedy, theriac, OF. triacle, F. th['e]riaque (cf. Pr.
triacla, tiriaca, Sp. & It. triaca, teriaca), L. theriaca an
antidote against the bite of poisonous animals, Gr. ?, fr. ?
of wild or venomous beasts, fr. qhri`on a beast, a wild
beast, dim. of qh`r a beast. Cf. Theriac.]
1. (Old Med.) A remedy against poison. See Theriac, 1.
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We kill the viper, and make treacle of him. --Jer.
Taylor.
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2. A sovereign remedy; a cure. [Obs.]
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Christ which is to every harm treacle. --Chaucer.
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3. Molasses; sometimes, specifically, the molasses which
drains from the sugar-refining molds, and which is also
called sugarhouse molasses.
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Note: In the United States molasses is the common name; in
England, treacle.
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4. A saccharine fluid, consisting of the inspissated juices
or decoctions of certain vegetables, as the sap of the
birch, sycamore, and the like.
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Treacle mustard (Bot.), a name given to several species of
the cruciferous genus Erysimum, especially the {Erysimum
cheiranthoides}, which was formerly used as an ingredient
in Venice treacle, or theriac.
Treacle water, a compound cordial prepared in different
ways from a variety of ingredients, as hartshorn, roots of
various plants, flowers, juices of plants, wines, etc.,
distilled or digested with Venice treacle. It was formerly
regarded as a medicine of great virtue. --Nares.
Venice treacle. (Old Med.) Same as Theriac, 1.
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molasses
(wn) | molasses
n 1: thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar
cane; especially during sugar refining |
molasses cookie
(wn) | molasses cookie
n 1: very spicy cookies sweetened partially with molasses |
molasses kiss
(wn) | molasses kiss
n 1: a candy kiss that resembles toffee |
molasses taffy
(wn) | molasses taffy
n 1: taffy made of molasses |
sorghum molasses
(wn) | sorghum molasses
n 1: made from juice of sweet sorghum [syn: sorghum, {sorghum
molasses}] |
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