Mo*las"ses (?), n. [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.
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