Meaning of alphenic | Babel Free

Definitions

White barley sugar

countable, rare, uncountable

Examples

“There was Patella — wise as any owl — promising to cure me with his "Alphenic" ; but him I quickly showed the door; for here (laying his hand on the book), in here, I found this learned word is Arabic for sugar-candy!”

“The white sugar, or alphenic, is its best quality.”

“A popular Arab treatment for the common cold was al fanad or al panad, small sugar twists made from congealed syrup, which became known in English as alphenics or penides.”

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