treacle

n. excessive sentimentality; molasses; medicinal compound which previously was widely used as a remedy against poison

Treacle may refer to:Molasses, a thick sugary syrupGolden syrup, another thick sugary syrupTheriaca, a medicinal compound formerly in wide use as a remedy against poisonTreacle of Andromachus, a honey- or molasses-based antivenom
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Noun
1. a pale cane syrup
(synonym) golden syrup
(hypernym) syrup, sirup
(classification) United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2. an expression that is excessively sweet and sentimental
(synonym) mush
(hypernym) sentimentalism

(n.)
Molasses; sometimes, specifically, the molasses which drains from the sugar-refining molds, and which is also called sugarhouse molasses.
  

(n.)
A sovereign remedy; a cure.
  

(n.)
A saccharine fluid, consisting of the inspissated juices or decoctions of certain vegetables, as the sap of the birch, sycamore, and the like.
  

(n.)
A remedy against poison. See Theriac, 1.
  

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