See also:

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

SYRUP (0. Fr. ysserop, mod. sirop, Span. xarope, for axarope, Arab. al, the, and sharab, drink; cf. See also:

• SHERBET (the Turkish form of the Arabic sharbat, drink, shariba, he drank, cf. " shrub," an English derivative)

Sherbet " and " See also:

• SHRUB

Shrub ")  , the name given to a thick, viscid liquid, containing much dissolved (generally crystalline) See also:

• MATTER

matter, but showing little tendency to See also:

• DEPOSIT (Lat. depositurn, from deponere, to lay down, to put in the care of)

deposit crystals . The " See also:

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

syrup " employed for medicinal purposes consists of a concentrated or saturated See also:

• SOLUTION (from Lat. solvere, to loosen, dissolve)

solution of refined See also:

• SUGAR

sugar in distilled See also:

• WATER

water . The See also:

• SIMPLE

simple " syrup" of the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• PHARMACOPOEIA (lit. the art of the OapµaK07robbs, or drug-compounder)

Pharmacopoeia is prepared by adding boo grams (or 5 lb) of refined sugar to 500 cubic centimetres (or two pints) of boiling distilled water, See also:

• HEATING

heating until it is dissolved and subsequently adding boiling distilled water until the See also:

• WEIGHT

weight of the whole is 1500 grams (or 71 lb) . The specific gravity of the syrup should be 1'33 . Flavoured syrups are made by adding flavouring matter to a simple syrup . For instance, syrupus aromaticus is prepared by adding certain quantities of See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

orange and See also:

• CINNAMON

cinnamon water to simple syrup . Similarly, medicated syrups are prepared by adding medicaments to, or dissolving them in, the simple syrup . See also:

• GOLDEN

Golden syrup is the uncrystallizable fluid drained off in the See also:

• PROCESS

process of obtaining refined crystallized sugar . See also:

• TREACLE

Treacle and See also:

• MOLASSES

molasses are syrups obtained in the earlier stages of refining . Technically and scientifically the See also:

• TERM

term syrup is also employed to denote viscid, generally residual, liquids, containing substances other than sugar in solution .