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sugary
[< trans. of Cdn F sucrerie]
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1n.
a grove of sugar maples.
See: sugar bush
Quotations
1780
[There is on it an excellent Maple Sucrerie. . . .]
1828
The maple ground occupied by a party is termed a "sugarie". . . .
1898
They feared the destruction of the forests and game, of sugaries and beaver huts and all their means of subsistence.
1903
. . . we shall endeavour to protect your beaver and fishing-grounds; but as for the sugaries, we must make use of them, because the land has already been given us. . . .
2n.
the place in a sugar bush where sugaring-off (def. 1) takes place, including the building and equipment.
Quotations
1836
On Monday week, a squall blew down a great many trees, and as numbers of persons were at the time employed in the Sugaries, several accidents followed.