† ˈsuccate Obs.
Also 6 socate, -atte, suckat, succot, 6, 8 succat.
Obscure variant of succade. Also fig. (Cf. med.L. succātum (15th c.) ‘safftgetranck’, 16th cent. Du. sucate = sukade.)
| 1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 506 Item..for caryeng of spyces orenges and succate vj.s. viij.d. 1536 Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. VI. 287 Tua barrellis and ane halff of succatis. 1562 Turner Herbal ii. 24 b, Som vse to make succat wyth hony or sugar of the yonge nuttes [of the Walnut tree]. 1562 W. Bullein Bulwarke, Bk. Simples (1579) 44 b, The rootes must be tenderly sodden, and preserued in Succate. 1593 G. Harvey Pierce's Super. 136, I haue giuen you a tast of his Suger-loafe, that weeneth..Cheekes succats,..and Mores iunkets nothing comparable to his pap. 1715 C'tess D'Anois Wks. 503 b, Succats [printed Succals] and Sugar-Plumbs were devour'd by Cart-loads. |
| Comb. 1562 Turner Herbal ii. 22 The succot makers. |