loaf sugar

British  

noun

1. a large conical mass of hard refined sugar; sugar loaf

2. small cube-shaped lumps of this, the form in which it was often sold

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loaf sugar

It was at his instance that Davenport removed to Philadelphia, and opened a bakery where he sold "choice middling bisket," and occasionally "Boston loaf sugar" and "choice pickled and spiced oisters in cags."

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell

This was cream and boiling water, made pretty sweet with loaf sugar, and she fed him with a spoon.

From Little Frankie on a Journey by Leslie, Madeline

Rub cut loaf sugar over the peel of the lemon to extract the oil, and add to the lemon-juice.

From The Myrtle Reed Cook Book by Reed, Myrtle

Steep half an ounce of Irish moss in a pint and a half of milk; when it becomes a thick jelly sweeten it with loaf sugar, and flavor it with white wine and cinnamon.

From The New England Cook Book, or Young Housekeeper's Guide Being a Collection of the Most Valuable Receipts; Embracing all the Various Branches of Cookery, and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner by Anonymous

When it has boiled seven or eight minutes strain it on to the beaten yolks of eight eggs, and three table spoonsful of loaf sugar.

From The New England Cook Book, or Young Housekeeper's Guide Being a Collection of the Most Valuable Receipts; Embracing all the Various Branches of Cookery, and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner by Anonymous