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megass

/məˈɡæs/
/məˈɡɑːs/

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Attested since about 1840 in American English, a modification of bagasse.

noun megasss

archaic, uncountable, usually Bagasse. The megass was then gathered together, and suffered to steep in water so hot, that the hand can be borne in it without inconvenience, and after a while the megass was reground : the canes yielded two pans of liquor, and the megass one; […]

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@misc{megass_2026,
  title = {megass},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/megass},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}