Definition of treacle Treacle

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We found 13 definitions of treacle from 7 different sources.

What does treacle mean?

Noun Plural: treacles
treacle - writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental
		mush, slop, glop
		sentimentalism a predilection for sentimentality
treacle - a pale cane syrup
		golden syrup
		sirup, syrup a thick sweet sticky liquid
		britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, great britain a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

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treacle (Noun)
An antidote for poison; theriac.
treacle (Noun)
A syrupy byproduct of sugar refining; molasses or golden syrup .
treacle (Noun)
Cloying sentimental speech.

treacle (n.)
A remedy against poison. See Theriac, 1.
treacle (n.)
A sovereign remedy; a cure.
treacle (n.)
Molasses; sometimes, specifically, the molasses which drains from the sugar-refining molds, and which is also called sugarhouse molasses.
treacle (n.)
A saccharine fluid, consisting of the inspissated juices or decoctions of certain vegetables, as the sap of the birch, sycamore, and the like.

treacle
trē′kl, n. the dark, viscous uncrystallisable syrup obtained in refining sugar, also the drainings of crude sugar, properly distinguished from treacle as molasses.—ns. Trea′cle-sleep, a sweet and refreshing sleep; Trea′cliness, viscosity.—adj. Trea′cly, composed of, or like, treacle. [Orig. 'an antidote against the bite of poisonous animals,' O. Fr. triacle—L. theriacum—Gr. thēriaka (pharmaka), antidotes against the bites of wild beasts—thērion, a wild beast.]

Treacle is a type of syrup. It is made when people are processing the plant sugarcane. It is used in cooking to make things sweeter. It is usually dark brown.

Uses for Medicine.

Doctors used the word "treacle" to describe a medicine with many ingredients, or medicines that would treat snakebites. Wells that were thought to have water that would cure people were called "treacle wells".