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Molasses
Mo-las′ses
,Noun.
[F.
mélasse
, cf. Sp. melaza
, Pg. melaço
, 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
.