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massecuite|mæsˈkwiːt| Also masse cuite. [Fr., lit. = cooked mass.] In sugar-making, the juice of the sugar-cane after concentration by boiling.
1882Spons' Encycl. Industr. Arts v. 1927 The massecuite is quickly let out of the pan into a tank. 1886Harper's Mag. June 88/2 After the masse-cuite has left the pan, the crystallization is completed by cooling. 1921[see box-hand (box n.2 24)]. 1925Chambers's Jrnl. June 368/2 This dark-looking mass of semi-liquid substance is called masse-cuite. 1968Encycl. Brit. XXI. 379/2 The cycle..varies from 2 minutes for very high-test massecuites to 15 minutes or more for low grades. |