Treacle

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A sovereign remedy; a cure.

II. Treacle ·noun A remedy against poison. ·see Theriac, 1.

III. Treacle ·noun Molasses; sometimes, specifically, the molasses which drains from the sugar-refining molds, and which is also called sugarhouse molasses.

IV. Treacle ·noun A saccharine fluid, consisting of the inspissated juices or decoctions of certain vegetables, as the sap of the birch, sycamore, and the like.