Molasses, especially that produced during the refining of sugar; maple molasses, a syrup made from the sap of certain maple trees, espeically the sugar maple
(TREE-kuhl) A term used in Great Britian for the syrupy by-product created during sugar refining Treacle is the sticky fluid remaining after sugar cane has been processed In many recipes molasses can be substituted if treacle is unavailable
[tree-k'l ] properly means an antidote against the bite of wild beasts (Greek, theriaka [pharmaka], from ther a wild beast) The ancients gave the name to several sorts of anti`dotes, but ultimately it was applied chiefly to Venice treacle (thériaca androchi), a compound of some sixty-four drugs in honey Sir Thomas More speaks of a most strong treacle (i e antidote) against these venomous heresies And in an old version of Jeremiah viii 22, balm is translated treacle- Is there no treacle at Gilead? Is there no phisitian there?
the residue from the second stage of crystallization of raw sugar, less bitter and viscous than molasses an edible treacle is produced by filtering dilute molasses through cloth and charcoal