Blackstrap

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  • noun. A dark, very thick molasses, especially a residual product of sugar refining that is used in the manufacture of industrial alcohol and as an ingredient in cattle feed.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A name of various beverages.
  • noun. A sailors' term for any strong, dark-colored liquor: hence applied to the dark-red wines of the Mediterranean coasts.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses.
  • noun. Bad port wine; any common wine of the Mediterranean; -- so called by sailors.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The dark, viscous molasses remaining after maximum extraction of sugar from raw sugar cane, used in manufacturing and cattle feed.
  • noun. A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses.
  • noun. Bad port wine; any common wine of the Mediterranean.
  • Word Usage
    "The third boiling produces what we both apparently call blackstrap molasses, which is very dark and somewhat bitter, and which health-food advocates think is heaven on earth, although it is more often used to feed cattle."
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