megass

American  

[muh-gas, -gahs] / məˈgæs, -ˈgɑs /

Or megasse

noun

1. bagasse.

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megass British  

/ məˈɡæs /

noun

1. another name for bagasse

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Etymology

Origin of megass

First recorded in 1840–50; unexplained variant

Example Sentences

Fresh megass is at present better suited for fattening animals than for fuel under the sugar pans.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

The boiling house is to be cleared, the mill to be washed down, and the megass to be swept up, before the laborers leave the work as hitherto usual.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 by Various