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Treacle [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The spume of sugar in sugar refineries. treacle is obtained in refining sugar; molasses is the drainings of crude sugar. treacle however is often used for molasses.

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

3. A medicinal compound of various ingredients. [ See Theriaca .]

Treacle [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A remedy against poison. See Theriac, 1.

2. A sovereign remedy; a cure.

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

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

Treacle-mustard [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A plant of the genus Thlaspi, whose seeds are used in the theriaca; Mithridate mustard.

Treacle-water [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A compound cordial, distilled with a spiritous menstruum from any cordial and sudorific drugs and herbs, with a mixture of Venice treacle.