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sugaring-off
Maple Industry
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1n.
the process of boiling maple sap to make syrup and sugar through evaporation and crystallization.
Quotations
1836
The best rule I can give as to the sugaring-off . . . is to let the liquid continue at a fast boil.
1885
Each day's run was finished, if possible, the same night, when the sugaring-off took place.
1954
The sweet smell of sugaring-off was carried on the west wind.
1966
The sap was boiled in iron kettles . . . until it was time for "sugaring off."
2n.
a party held in the sugar bush at the time of sugaring-off (def. 1).
Quotations
1901
She was glad, too, that her aunt had fixed the sugaring-off for a time when she could be present.
1903
Whereupon Mrs. Bancroft . . . resolved, when the spring days should come, to have a "sugaring-off". . . .
1905
Happy were the experiences of "sugaring-off," when the youth from the neighborhood, the boys and the girls, assembled at the sugar-camp to have a good time.