English treacle

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• Treacle — is a thick, dark sugar syrup produced during raw sugarcane refiningOxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989.] , used chiefly in cooking as a form of sweetener. It has a distinctively strong flavour, slightly bitter, and a richer colour… …   Wikipedia

• Treacle tart — is a traditional English dessert, made predominately of shortcrust pastry and golden syrup. The Tart is normally served hot with a dollop of clotted cream. It can also be served with ordinary cream, custard, or yogurt. Treacle tart can also be… …   Wikipedia

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• Treacle — A medicinal compound once in wide use as an antidote to poisons. Treacle was a kind of salve. It was reputed to be a remedy against venomous bites in particular and against poisons in general. It also came to be considered a cure for cancer. The… …   Medical dictionary

• treacle — noun 1》 Brit. molasses.     ↘golden syrup. 2》 cloying sentimentality or flattery. Derivatives treacly adjective Word History When treacle entered English in the Middle Ages it meant antidote against poison, venomous bites, and disease : it came… …   English new terms dictionary

• treacle — [14] Treacle is etymologically an ‘antidote to the bite of wild animals’. The word comes via Old French triacle and Latin thēriaca from Greek thēriaké. This was short for antídotos thēriaké ‘antidote to poisonous animals’, thēriaké being a… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• treacle — [14] Treacle is etymologically an ‘antidote to the bite of wild animals’. The word comes via Old French triacle and Latin thēriaca from Greek thēriaké. This was short for antídotos thēriaké ‘antidote to poisonous animals’, thēriaké being a… …   Word origins

• treacle — noun Etymology: Middle English triacle, from Anglo French, from Latin theriaca, from Greek thēriakē antidote against a poisonous bite, from feminine of thēriakos of a wild animal, from thērion wild animal, diminutive of thēr wild animal more at… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• treacle — /ˈtrikəl / (say treekuhl) noun 1. the dark, viscous, uncrystallised syrup obtained in refining sugar. 2. British → golden syrup. 3. Colloquial cloying sentimentality as of music or behaviour. 4. Obsolete any of various medicinal compounds… …  

• Brimstone and Treacle — is a 1976 play by Dennis Potter which is best known via adaptations as a 1976 BBC television play and a 1982 film co starring Sting. The play follows the fortunes of a middle aged middle class couple living in a North London suburb. Their life… …   Wikipedia

• The Treacle People — was a children s television programme shown on CITV in the United Kingdom, in 1995. It only ever had two series, each with 13 episodes. The programme was short lived due to a lack of viewers. In a similar vein to other shows by the same writer,… …   Wikipedia