Definition of "loaf-sugar" [loaf-sugar]

• Sugar refined and molded into a conical mass. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "To make red Quince Marmalade: — Pare and core a pound of quince, beat the parings and cores and some of your worst quinces, and strain out the juice; and to every pound of quince take ten or twelve spoonfuls of that juice, and three-quarters of a pound of loaf-sugar; put all into your preserving-pan, cover it close, and let it stew over a gentle fire two hours; when"
• "But while he called obi a "nefarious art" (194), he conversely called sugar an exemplary one, saying, "every kind of sugar whatever is made by art ... the art of refining sugar, and making what is called loaf-sugar, is a modern European invention" (64)."
• "Commissary-bills ran high that winter, and cut loaf-sugar was an item of untold expenditure."