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monte-jus|mɔ̃t(ə)ʒys|
Also -juice.
[Fr., f. monter to raise + jus juice, liquid.]
In the making of sugar, an apparatus for raising the level of the liquid by means of air or steam pressure.
1872P. Soames Manuf. Sugar 133 The cane-juice runs along the gutter to the monte-jus c, where it is elevated into the clarifiers, d. 1921Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §449 Montejuice attendant, montejuice boy: stands by valves of montejus apparatus. 1924A. J. Wallis-Tayler Sugar Machinery viii. 147 This monte-jus should be sunk in the ground, and enclosed with brickwork or masonry in a sort of well. 1950N. Deerr Hist. Sugar II. xxxiii. 578 The montejus was introduced into the industry in 1819 by Dubrunfaut. |