Molasses

(mo-las’ ’-sez) [mellaceus, made with honey]. The syrupy liquid remaining after the refining of sugar. It contains a considerable quantity of uncrystallizable sugar, some cane-sugar, and gummy and coloring-matter. There are two kinds: West India M., from which rum is prepared, and sugar-house M., which is somewhat thicker than the first. M. is used for making pills, and combined with sulphur as a domestic remedy for constipation. 399