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maple-sugar making † Maple Industry 
n. the process of boiling maple sap to make syrup and sugar through evaporation and crystallization.
See also: sugaring-off (def. 1)
- 1926 There were also such ideal pastimes as . . . visiting Indian encampments . . . and maple-sugar making in the dense woods in spring.
- 1960 [Caption] An exhibit of maple sugar-making equipment in the Dalziel Barn museum, containing a sled for transportation of the cap tank, oxen yoke, burl dipper, skimmer, large iron pots, sap buckets and maple sugar moulds.
- 1926 There were also such ideal pastimes as . . . visiting Indian encampments . . . and maple-sugar making in the dense woods in spring.