Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The raw juice or sap of sugar-producing plants, roots, or trees.
- noun In the manufacture and refining of sugar, a more or less concentrated solution of sugar.
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Examples
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"You get a block of ice in the middle of it and then this very sugar-syrup around it where all the flavor and the goodies are," said Pratt.
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You can well imagine poor Nuphsed was glad enough to be on dry land after his long immersion in the sugar-syrup.
The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People 1887
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The sinker carried it down through the sugar-syrup until the kiss was just before the sweet, red lips of the pretty Princess.
The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People 1887
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In the center there was one place where the crust was quite thin, and just as the merriment was at its height, crack! went the ice -- or candy, rather -- and down into the sugar-syrup sank the Princess Truella, and the Prince Jollikin, and the King's royal chamberlain, Nuphsed.
The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People 1887
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But the Crystal Lake was composed of sugar-syrup, and the sun had candied the surface of the lake, so it had become solid enough to skate on, and was, moreover, as smooth as glass.
The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People 1887
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Chairs and a little table were then set for us in a shady place, and the métisse brought out lemons, sugar-syrup, a bottle of the clear plantation rum that smells like apple juice, and ice-cold water in a _dobanne_ of thick red clay.
The Romance of the Milky Way And Other Studies & Stories Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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Cyrillia will not suffer me to live upon _mangé-Creole_ altogether; she insists upon occasional beefsteaks and roasts, and tries to tempt me with all kinds of queer delicious, desserts as well, -- particularly those cakes made of grated cocoanut and sugar-syrup
Two Years in the French West Indies Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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When quite cold, mix with it a pint and a half of clear lemon juice, and a pint and a half of capillaire or clear sugar-syrup.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches Eliza Leslie 1822
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When pear slices are frozen move them to a freezer container and top them with the cooled sugar-syrup.
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