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MOLASSES , the syrup obtained from the drainings of rawSee also: sugar or from sugar during the See also: process of refining
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In See also: American usage the word usually applies to both forms of the syrup, but in See also: English usage the second See also: form is more usually known as " See also: treacle " (see SUGAR)
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The word, which in early forms appears as melasses, molassos, &c., is from the See also: Port. mela4o, or Fr. melasse, cf. the See also: Late See also: Lat. mellaceum, syrup made from honey (mel)
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The See also: geological See also: term " molasse " must be distinguished; this word, applied to the soft greenish See also: sandstone of the See also: district between the See also: Jura and the See also: Alps, is French, meaning " soft," Lat. mollis
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