| 单词 | sugar sand |
| 释义 | > as lemmassugar sand sugar sand n. (a) sandstone which breaks up into granules resembling sugar; (b) U.S. a fine sand raised by the sap of the maple tree which results in a gritty sediment in maple syrup unless removed. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > syrup > [noun] > maple syrup > sediment nitre1872 sugar sand1882 1882 7th Vermont Agric. Rep. 1881–2 64 In the process of sugar making there was a point where it would combine with the lime, making ‘sugar sand’ or the malate of lime. 1890 J. F. Carll in Dialect Notes (1904) 2 vi. 391 Drillers have certain terms—not classical, but expressive and well understood by the craft and by oil men generally—sugar-sand, clover-seed, corn-meal,..etc. 1908 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. Oct. 265 ‘Niter’ or ‘sugar-sand’..is a sand-like, gritty substance which is deposited during the process of evaporation of the sap [of the sugar-maple]. 1949 Highway Traveler Feb. 39/1 Strainers..through which the hot syrup is passed to remove the ‘nitre’, or ‘sugar sand’, a fine gritty substance, before it is canned. 1975 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 25 May 5/3 The strained [maple] syrup should sit to allow sugar sand to settle to the bottom of the mixture. < as lemmas |
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