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Taper :: Taper (v. i.) To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end..

Meringue :: Meringue (n.) A delicate pastry made of powdered sugar and the whites of eggs whipped up, -- with jam or cream added..

Pot :: Pot (n.) A perforated cask for draining sugar.

Furfurol :: Furfurol (n.) A colorless oily liquid, C4H3O.CHO, of a pleasant odor, obtained by the distillation of bran, sugar, etc., and regarded as an aldehyde derivative of furfuran; -- called also furfural..

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..

Niteosaccharin :: Niteosaccharin (n.) An explosive nitro derivative of certain sugars, analogous to nitroglycerin, gun cotton, etc..

Comfit :: Comfit (v. t.) To preserve dry with sugar.

Granulose :: Granulose (n.) The main constituent of the starch grain or granule, in distinction from the framework of cellulose. Unlike cellulose, it is colored blue by iodine, and is converted into dextrin and sugar by boiling acids and amylolytic ferments..

Dextrin :: Dextrin (n.) A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., and obtained from starch by the action of heat, acids, or diastase. It is of somewhat variable composition, containing several carbohydrates which change easily to their respective varieties of sugar. It is so named from its rotating the plane of polarization to the right; -- called also British gum, Alsace gum, gommelin, leiocome, etc. See Achroodextrin, and Ery

Sugaring :: Sugariness (n.) The quality or state of being sugary, or sweet..

Hydro-extractor :: Hydro-extractor (n.) An apparatus for drying anything, as yarn, cloth, sugar, etc., by centrifugal force; a centrifugal..

Spile :: Spile (n.) A small tube or spout inserted in a tree for conducting sap, as from a sugar maple..

Butter-scotch :: Butter-scotch (n.) A kind of candy, mainly composed of sugar and butter..

Concrete :: Concrete (n.) Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass.

Assamar :: Assamar (n.) The peculiar bitter substance, soft or liquid, and of a yellow color, produced when meat, bread, gum, sugar, starch, and the like, are roasted till they turn brown..

Grugru Worm :: Grugru worm () The larva or grub of a large South American beetle (Calandra palmarum), which lives in the pith of palm trees and sugar cane. It is eaten by the natives, and esteemed a delicacy..

Starch :: Starch (n.) A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc..

Gleucometer :: Gleucometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the specific gravity and ascertaining the quantity of sugar contained in must.

Candy :: Candy (v. t.) To incrust with sugar or with candy, or with that which resembles sugar or candy..

Candied :: Candied (a.) Preserved in or with sugar; incrusted with a candylike substance; as, candied fruits..

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