sugaring

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Sugar \Sug"ar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sugared; p. pr. & vb. n. Sugaring.]

1.To impregnate, season, cover, or sprinkle with sugar; to mix sugar with. "When I sugar my liquor." --G. Eliot. [1913 Webster]

2.To cover with soft words; to disguise by flattery; to compliment; to sweeten; as, to sugar reproof. [1913 Webster]

With devotion's visage And pious action we do sugar o'er The devil himself.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

Sugaring \Sug"ar*ing\, n.

1.The act of covering or sweetening with sugar; also, the sugar thus used. [1913 Webster]

2.The act or process of making sugar. [1913 Webster]