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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SIRUP, n. sur'up, [oriental. See Sherbet and Absorb.] The sweet juice of vegetables or fruits, or other juice sweetened; or sugar boiled. with vegetable infusions.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a thick sweet sticky liquid [syn: syrup, sirup]

Merriam Webster's

variant of syrup

Oxford Reference Dictionary

US var. of SYRUP.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sirup Sir"upSyrup Syr"up, n. [F. sirop (cf. It. siroppo, Sp. jarabe, jarope, LL. siruppus, syrupus), fr. Ar. shar[=a]b a drink, wine, coffee, sirup. Cf. Sherbet.] 1. A thick and viscid liquid made from the juice of fruits, herbs, etc., boiled with sugar. 2. A thick and viscid saccharine solution of superior quality (as sugarhouse sirup or molasses, maple sirup); specifically, in pharmacy and often in cookery, a saturated solution of sugar and water (simple sirup), or such a solution flavored or medicated. Lucent sirups tinct with cinnamon. --Keats. Mixing sirup. See the Note under Dextrose.