megassn.

Brit.

/mɛˈɡas/,

/mɛˈɡɑːs/, U.S.

/mɛˈɡæs/, Caribbean English

/mɛˈɡaːs/

Forms: 1800s magass, 1800s migass, 1800s– megass, 1800s– megasse, 1900s– magas, 1900s– magasse.

Origin: Either (i) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Or (ii) a borrowing from French. Etymons: bagasse n.; French bagasse.

Etymology: < bagasse n. or its etymon French bagasse, with dialectal shift of b- to m-.

Originally Caribbean.

The fibrous residue left after the extraction of sugar from sugar cane, used chiefly as fuel.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > syrup > [noun] > in sugar manufacture > juice of sugar cane > dregs or refuse of

trash1707

dunder1774

cane trash1790

sugar-wash1812

bagasse1833

megass1833

dabs1858

pummy1877

1833 A. C. Carmichael Domest. Manners W. Indies I. iv. 111 Migass is the rind and substance of the cane, after it has been passed through the mill.

1847 Simmonds's Colonial Mag. 10 187 The megass is carried to the megass-house, and from there to the fire-place, all by manual labour.

1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 625/2 In a three-roller [sugar-]mill they consist of a cane, top, and megass roller respectively.

1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 453 Megasse or Bagasse, the refuse cane after the juice has been extracted.

1949 Caribbean Q. 1 9 The juice expressed found its way..into the ‘boiling house’ while the ‘mill trash’ or ‘megass’ was carted off to sheds and left to dry for later use as fuel.

1973 Advocate-News (Barbados) 17 Jan. 7/4 Exports of molasses and megasse.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	megass
释义	megassn. Brit. /mɛˈɡas/, /mɛˈɡɑːs/, U.S. /mɛˈɡæs/, Caribbean English /mɛˈɡaːs/ Forms: 1800s magass, 1800s migass, 1800s– megass, 1800s– megasse, 1900s– magas, 1900s– magasse. Origin: Either (i) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Or (ii) a borrowing from French. Etymons: bagasse n.; French bagasse. Etymology: < bagasse n. or its etymon French bagasse, with dialectal shift of b- to m-. Originally Caribbean. The fibrous residue left after the extraction of sugar from sugar cane, used chiefly as fuel. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > syrup > [noun] > in sugar manufacture > juice of sugar cane > dregs or refuse of trash1707 dunder1774 cane trash1790 sugar-wash1812 bagasse1833 megass1833 dabs1858 pummy1877 1833 A. C. Carmichael Domest. Manners W. Indies I. iv. 111 Migass is the rind and substance of the cane, after it has been passed through the mill. 1847 Simmonds's Colonial Mag. 10 187 The megass is carried to the megass-house, and from there to the fire-place, all by manual labour. 1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 625/2 In a three-roller [sugar-]mill they consist of a cane, top, and megass roller respectively. 1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 453 Megasse or Bagasse, the refuse cane after the juice has been extracted. 1949 Caribbean Q. 1 9 The juice expressed found its way..into the ‘boiling house’ while the ‘mill trash’ or ‘megass’ was carted off to sheds and left to dry for later use as fuel. 1973 Advocate-News (Barbados) 17 Jan. 7/4 Exports of molasses and megasse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1833
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