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English Dictionary: sugaring by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sugaring \Sug"ar*ing\, n.
      1. The act of covering or sweetening with sugar; also, the
            sugar thus used.
  
      2. The act or process of making sugar.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sugar \Sug"ar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sugared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Sugaring}.]
      1. To impregnate, season, cover, or sprinkle with sugar; to
            mix sugar with. [bd]When I sugar my liquor.[b8] --G.
            Eliot.
  
      2. To cover with soft words; to disguise by flattery; to
            compliment; to sweeten; as, to sugar reproof.
  
                     With devotion's visage And pious action we do sugar
                     o'er The devil himself.                     --Shak.
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