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muscovado
[ muhs-kuh-vey-doh, -vah- ]
noun
- raw or unrefined sugar, obtained from the juice of the sugarcane by evaporating and draining off the molasses.
muscovado
/ ˌmʌskəˈvɑːdəʊ /
noun
- raw sugar obtained from the juice of sugar cane by evaporating the molasses
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Word History and Origins
Origin of muscovado1
First recorded in 1635–45; from Spanish (azúcar) mascabado or directly from Portuguese (açúcar) mascavado, past participle of mascavar “to separate raw sugar,” earlier meoscabar, reduced form of menoscabar “to belittle, detract from,” cognate with Spanish menoscabar “to diminish, reduce,” from unattested Vulgar Latin minuscapāre, equivalent to Latin minus “smaller, less” ( minus ) + unattested Vulgar Latin -capāre, derivative of unattested capum, for Latin caput “head”; achieve, mischief
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Word History and Origins
Origin of muscovado1
C17: from Portuguese açúcar mascavado separated sugar; mascavado from mascavar to separate, probably from Latin
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Example Sentences
It was variously known as "Muscovado" sugar, or as "plantation sugar," sometimes as "coffee" or "coffee crushed."
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It does not differ from that of making the Muscovado, so far as concerns the grinding and boiling.
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Muscovado, or raw sugar, with lime water, are the usual ingredients of this colouring matter.
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It was bright and moist, with a large, full grain, the sweetness of it being like that of good muscovado.
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In a good season it produces from fifty to sixty thousand hogsheads of muscovado sugar of the best quality.
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