Treacle, the dark, viscous, uncrystallisable syrup obtained in refining sugar; also the drainings of crude sugar, properly distinguished from treacle as molasses. The etymology and the original meaning of the word are explained in Theriaca (q.v.). See SUGAR, SYRUP.—For the Treacle Bible, see BIBLE, Vol. II. p. 127.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 279
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