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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1675-1696
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(Succary,) Sug(g)arie, n. [18th c. Eng. sugary (1747) sugar-manufacture, generally, F. sucrerie (1654 in Larousse); Succar n.] = Succarwarkn. Also attrib. with manufactorie, work. = sugar-manufactory Succar n. 3. —1675 Glasgow B. Rec. III 197.
Als much of the tounes grund … as will serve them to build a hous for a suggarie 1686 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. XIII 62.
The Wester Sugarie of Glasgow 1687 Fountainhall Decis. I 482.
And that the owners of the other sugary in Glasgow ought not to be valuators … because it was their interest to ruin this other sugar-work 1696 Acts X 66/2.
The manufactory of sugar commonly called the suggarie —attrib. 1684 Lauder Notices Affairs II 505.
Ther sugarie-work was declared ane usefull manufactory 1694 Edinb. B. Rec. XII 151.
Hugh Montgomrie merchand in Glasgow and master of the suggarie manufactorie there
