syrup

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a syrup made from the sap of certain maple trees, especially the sugar maple.

Quotations

1766

They [Abenaki Indians] were contented to let it [maple sap] boil a little, to thicken it something, and make a Sort of Syrup.

1845

The great treat is the candy made by dashing the boiling syrup on the snow where it instantly congeals, transparent and crisp, in sheets.

1955

Sap weather may be here, but syrup-makers are getting a very poor run of sap.