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单词 molass
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molassn.

Brit. /mə(ʊ)ˈlas/, U.S. /məˈlæs/, Scottish English /məˈlas/
Forms: Scottish pre-1700 malasche, 1700s molash, 1700s–1800s molass, 1800s mallash; U.S. 1800s molass (in sense 2).
Origin: Formed within English, by back-formation. Etymon: molasses n.
Etymology: Back-formation < molasses n., apprehended as plural.
1. Scottish. A liquor distilled from molasses. Also: whisky adulterated with this. Obsolete.In quot. 1562 the sense is unclear; perhaps: = molasses n. 1a.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > other distilled liquor > [noun] > liquor from sugar
molass1562
punch1657
molasses spirit1731
sugar-spirit1731
tafia1763
cachaça1856
caña1881
1562 in G. P. McNeill Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1898) XIX. 197 [Charge includes £48 5s.] certi succi et malasche.
1773 R. Fergusson in D. Herd Songs (1904) 48 The ignorant ass, Who drinks all the evening at burning molass.
a1779 D. Graham Coll. Writings (1883) II. 51 Spout ye a mutchkin o' molash in her cheek, ye'll get her mind an' speed the better.
1813 G. Bruce Poems, Ballads, & Songs 25 The only guid molass has dune, Some drouthie wives it's sent hame soon.
a1851 A. Aitken Poems 56 Wives mak' as guid drink frae mallash.
2. North American. = molasses n. 1b. rare.
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the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > syrup > [noun]
syrup1392
molasses1777
molass1878
1878 Littell's Living Age 7 Sept. 632/1 The fruit of the caroub-tree..is employed as food for cattle, and also in the manufacture of a kind of molass.
1965–70 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) III. 633/1 [New Jersey].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

molassv.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: molass n.
Etymology: < molass n.
Scottish. Obsolete. rare.
transitive (in passive). To become intoxicated from drinking a molasses liquor (see molass n.).
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1772 W. Buchan Domest. Med. (ed. 2) vii. 121 (note) The common people have got so universally into the habit of drinking this base spirit, that when a porter or labourer is seen reeling along the streets, they say, he has got molassed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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