MOLASSES  , the See also:

• SYRUP (0. Fr. ysserop, mod. sirop, Span. xarope, for axarope, Arab. al, the, and sharab, drink; cf. Sherbet " and " Shrub ")

syrup obtained from the drainings of raw See also:

• SUGAR

sugar or from sugar during the See also:

• PROCESS

process of refining . In See also:

• AMERICAN

American usage the word usually applies to both forms of the syrup, but in See also:

• ENGLISH

English usage the second See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form is more usually known as " See also:

• TREACLE

treacle " (see SUGAR) . The word, which in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early forms appears as melasses, molassos, &c., is from the See also:

• PORT

Port. mela4o, or Fr. melasse, cf. the See also:

• LATE

Late See also:

• LAT

Lat. mellaceum, syrup made from See also:

• HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

honey (mel) . The See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

geological See also:

• TERM

term " molasse " must be distinguished; this word, applied to the soft greenish See also:

• SANDSTONE

sandstone of the See also:

• DISTRICT

district between the See also:

• JURA
• JURA (" deer island ")

Jura and the See also:

• ALPS

Alps, is See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, meaning " soft," Lat. mollis .