† cassonaden.
Obsolete.
Unrefined cane-sugar imported in boxes or casks; brown or moist sugar.
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red sugar?a1425
black sugarc1430
panele1562
Canary sugar1568
soft sugar1581
muscovado1592
moist sugar1604
cassonade1657
brown sugar1704
bastard1766
Lisbon1767
bastard sugar1785
moist1809
sand1819
panela1830
piloncillo1844
pilonci1845
penuche1847
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Gg3v Another kinde of Sugar..which the vulgar call Cassonade, or Castonade.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Sugar The Cassonade is nothing but Muscovadoe that has been purify'd with the Whites of Eggs and Lime-Water.
1810 Encycl. Brit. V. 239 Cassonade, in commerce, cask-sugar, or sugar put into casks or chests, after the first purification, but which has not yet been refined.
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