megass

English

Etymology

Attested since about 1840 in American English, a modification of bagasse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈɡæs/, /məˈɡɑːs/

Noun

megass (uncountable)

1. (archaic) Bagasse.
   • 1846, Simmonds Colonial Magazine and Foreign Miscellany (Peter Lund Simmonds, William Henry Giles Kingston), page 119:

     The megass was then gathered together, and suffered to steep in water so hot, that the hand can be borne in it without inconvenience, and after a while the megass was reground : the canes yielded two pans of liquor, and the megass one; […]

References

• “megass”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “megass”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “megass”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.