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sugar-candian
† sugar-candian Obs. Etymologizing alteration of sugar-candy as if f. Candia, Crete. (Cf. med.L. sucura de candia, MLG. sucker van kandea.) In J. Taylor (Water-P.) Pennyless Pilgr. (1618) F 3 ‘Sugar-carrion’ has been altered by editors to ‘Sugar-candian’.1597 Bp. Hall Sat. ii. iv, If not a dramme of...
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▪ I. sugar, n. (ˈʃʊgə(r)) Forms: see below. [a. OF. {cced}ucre (12–14th c.), {cced}uquere, zuchre, sukere, north-east. chucre, mod.F. sucre (from 13th c.), = Pr. sucre, It. zucchero, ad. (prob. through OHG.) med.L. zuccarum, succarum, ad. Arab. sukkar (with prefixed article assukkar, whence Sp. azuc...
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