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ALPH

Volume 1 · 67 words · 1823 Edition

ALPHÆNIX, white barley-sugar, to which is given an extraordinary name, to render it more valuable. This sugar, which is thought good for colds, is made of common sugar, which is boiled until it becomes easy to crack, when they pour it upon a marble table, greased with oil of sweet almonds, and mould it into various figures with a brass crotchet. It is easily falsified with starch.