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usine (plural usines)

1. (obsolete) A West Indian sugar factory.
   • 1877, P[eter] L[und] Simmonds, “Contents”, in Tropical Agriculture. A Treatise on the Culture, Preparation, Commerce, and Consumption of the Principal Products of the Vegetable Kingdom., London: E. & F. N. Spon, […], page viii:

     Account of the usines or central sugar factories on the island

   • 1879, The Judicature Ordinance 1879, page 105:

     The testator died possessed of one third share in an usine or manufactory of refined sugar, and in the machinery, stock in trade, book debts, and effects belonging thereto.

   • 1890 March 15, A. Urich, “Some Remarks on the Diffusion of the Sugar Cane”, in The Louisiana Planter and Sugar Manufacturer. […], volume IV, number 11, New Orleans, La., page 184, column 1:

     On our usines vacuum pans are used to make a high class of sugar, triple effects to save fuel, and filter presses to recover the sugar lost otherwise in the scum.

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