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(British) a pale cane syrup

an expression that is excessively sweet and sentimental

A remedy against poison. See Theriac, 1.

A sovereign remedy; a cure.

Molasses; sometimes, specifically, the molasses which drains from the sugar-refining molds, and which is also called sugarhouse molasses.

A saccharine fluid, consisting of the inspissated juices or decoctions of certain vegetables, as the sap of the birch, sycamore, and the like.

A remedy against poison. See Theriac, 1.

A sovereign remedy; a cure.

Molasses; sometimes, specifically, the molasses which drains from the sugar-refining molds, and which is also called sugarhouse molasses.

A saccharine fluid, consisting of the inspissated juices or decoctions of certain vegetables, as the sap of the birch, sycamore, and the like.

The English term for molasses; the syrup which drains from the sugar-refining molds.

n. [French, Greek] A medicinal compound used as a preventive of or cure for the effects of poison, or the bites of venomous animals ;- a viscid, uncrystallizable sirup which drains from the sugar-refiner’s moulds-the word is often used for molasses.