TREACLE

The viscid brown syrup which drains from the sugar in the refining moulds. Its specific gravity is generally 1-4, and it contains on the average 75 per cent, of solid matter. ( lire's Dictionary.) TREAD. {Sa.x.'c\\e.b ,tosetthef€eton.) In Architecture, the horizontal part of a step on which the foot is placed. [s. 1267]