DCHP-1 Online
taffy [< var. of toffee] 
1 n. maple-syrup candy, often made by pouring the syrup over the snow so that it hardens in brittle sheets.
See also: maple candy taffy-pull (def. 2) lateer
- 1826 (1916) [It was a big play for the youngsters, and their shouting when Jabez poured sap on the snow and it turned to candy, might have been heard a mile away.]
- 1901 Ladies and gentlemen, the program for this evening is as follows: games, tea, and taffy, in the order mentioned.
- 1903 . . . the gentlemen served each lady with a block of hard snow upon which had been poured some of the boiling [maple] sugar, which immediately hardened into "lateer," or "taffy."
2 n. a syrup made from the sap of certain maple trees, especially the sugar maple.
See also: maple syrup
- 1903 . . . it was announced that the taffy was ready, so everybody got a lump of snow or ice and the McNabb boys went about with large dishes full of hot taffy, which they lifted out in ladlesful, pouring it on each one's snow or ice.
- 1826 (1916) [It was a big play for the youngsters, and their shouting when Jabez poured sap on the snow and it turned to candy, might have been heard a mile away.]