Definition of sugar

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Sugar (n.) By extension, anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance; as, sugar of lead (lead acetate), a poisonous white crystalline substance having a sweet taste..

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Planting :: Planting (n.) The act or operation of setting in the ground for propagation, as seeds, trees, shrubs, etc.; the forming of plantations, as of trees; the carrying on of plantations, as of sugar, coffee, etc..
Granulate :: Granulate (v. t.) To form into grains or small masses; as, to granulate powder, sugar, or metal..
Grocer :: Grocer (n.) A trader who deals in tea, sugar, spices, coffee, fruits, and various other commodities..
Jam :: "Jam (n.) A preserve of fruit boiled with sugar and water; as, raspberry jam; currant jam; grape jam..
Humin :: Humin (n.) A bitter, brownish yellow, amorphous substance, extracted from vegetable mold, and also produced by the action of acids on certain sugars and carbohydrates; -- called also humic acid, ulmin, gein, ulmic or geic acid, etc..
Cane :: Cane (n.) Any plant with long, hard, elastic stems, as reeds and bamboos of many kinds; also, the sugar cane..
Cerealin :: Cerealin (n.) A nitrogenous substance closely resembling diastase, obtained from bran, and possessing the power of converting starch into dextrin, sugar, and lactic acid..
Tansy :: Tansy (n.) A dish common in the seventeenth century, made of eggs, sugar, rose water, cream, and the juice of herbs, baked with butter in a shallow dish..
Diastase :: Diastase (n.) A soluble, nitrogenous ferment, capable of converting starch and dextrin into sugar..
Sweet :: Sweet (superl.) Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges..
Milk :: Milk (n.) An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and water..
Niteosaccharin :: Niteosaccharin (n.) An explosive nitro derivative of certain sugars, analogous to nitroglycerin, gun cotton, etc..
Maltose :: Maltose (n.) A crystalline sugar formed from starch by the action of distance of malt, and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreatic juice. It resembles dextrose, but rotates the plane of polarized light further to the right and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power..
Confection :: Confection (n.) A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey..
Ratafia :: Ratafia (n.) A spirituous liquor flavored with the kernels of cherries, apricots, peaches, or other fruit, spiced, and sweetened with sugar; -- a term applied to the liqueurs called noyau, cura/ao, etc..
Preserve :: Preserve (v. t.) To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, as sugar, salt, etc.; to season and prepare for remaining in a good state, as fruits, meat, etc.; as, to preserve peaches or grapes..
Flash :: Flash (n.) A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring and giving a fictious strength to liquors..
Refine :: Refine (v. t.) To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to defecate; as, to refine gold or silver; to refine iron; to refine wine or sugar..
Dragees :: Dragees (n. pl.) Sugar-coated medicines.
Loaf :: Loaf (n.) Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake..
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