noun. Cloying speech or sentiment.

noun. Molasses.

noun. A medicinal compound formerly used as an antidote for poison.

noun. A medicinal compound of various ingredients, formerly believed to be capable of curing or preventing the effects of poison, particularly the effects of the bite of a serpent. See theriac.

noun. More generally, a remedy; a panacea; a sovereign antidote or restorative: often used figuratively.

noun. The spume of sugar in sugar-refineries: so called as resembling in appearance or supposed medicinal properties the ancient theriacal compounds.

noun. A saccharine fluid consisting of the inspissated juices or decoctions of certain vegetables, as the sap of the birch or of the sugar-maple.

noun. One of several plants sometimes regarded as antidotes to poison, or named from plants so regarded. See the phrases below.

noun. A remedy against poison. See theriac, 1.

noun. A sovereign remedy; a cure.

noun. Molasses; sometimes, specifically, the molasses which drains from the sugar-refining molds, and which is also called sugarhouse molasses.

noun. A saccharine fluid, consisting of the inspissated juices or decoctions of certain vegetables, as the sap of the birch, sycamore, and the like.

noun. a name given to several species of the cruciferous genus Erysimum, especially the Erysimum cheiranthoides, which was formerly used as an ingredient in Venice treacle, or theriac.

noun. a compound cordial prepared in different ways from a variety of ingredients, as hartshorn, roots of various plants, flowers, juices of plants, wines, etc., distilled or digested with Venice treacle. It was formerly regarded as a medicine of great virtue.

noun. Same as Theriac, 1.

noun. An antidote for poison; theriac.

noun. A syrupy byproduct of sugar refining; molasses or golden syrup.

noun. Cloying sentimental speech.

noun. writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental

noun. a pale cane syrup

"The English term treacle comes via the French triacle from the Latin theriaca, meaning antidotes against poison."

countryman's treacle  english treacle  poor man's treacle  venice treacle  

treacle paper  treacle tart  treacly  

sentimentalism  sirup  syrup  

applesauce  buttermilk  chives  cider  cocoa  

albumen  ambrosia  artificial sweetener  batter  blackstrap  

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