megass

or me·gasse

[ muh-gas, -gahs ]

noun

1. bagasse.

megass

/ məˈɡæs /

noun

1. another name for bagasse

Word History and Origins

Origin of megass¹

First recorded in 1840–50; unexplained variant

Word History and Origins

Origin of megass¹

C19: of obscure origin

Example Sentences

In the modern factory the cane arrives by tram or train, is mechanically placed on a long endless carrier, and passes, at the rate of twenty tons or more per hour, through several sets of rollers, the refuse, caught by strainers, returning to the rollers, while the megass, or exhausted fibre, goes direct to the furnaces.

From Project Gutenberg

From nine tests which I made with steam machinery, of small capacity, in different places in the northern provinces, without interfering with the customary system of manipulating the cane or the adjustment of the mill rolls, I found the— Average juice extraction to be 56.37% Average moisture in the megass on leaving the mill 23.27% Average amount of dry megass2 20.36% 100.00% The average density of juice in the cane worked off as above was 10¾° Beaumé.

From Project Gutenberg

During crop, the mill gang, crook gang, boilermen, firemen, still men, and any other person employed about the mill and the boiling house, shall continue their work during breakfast and noon hours, as hitherto usual; and the boilermen, firemen, megass carriers, etc., also, during evening hours after sunset, when required, but all workmen employed as aforesaid, shall be paid an extra remuneration for the work done by them in extra hours.

From Project Gutenberg

The boiling house is to be cleared, the mill to be washed down, and the megass to be swept up, before the laborers leave the work as hitherto usual.

From Project Gutenberg

The mills run on into the night, and the hours of sleep are only those demanded by stern necessity, until the crop is safely reaped and the last load of canes reduced to shredded megass and dripping syrup.

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