usine

plural usines

1. obsoleteA West Indian sugar factory.

   Account of the usines or central sugar factories on the island

   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

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   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.

   1879, The Judicature Ordinance 1879, page 105

   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.

   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