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Definition of Comfits

Comfit
Comfit Com"fit, n. [F. confit, prop. a p. p., fr. confire to preserve, pickle, fr. L. conficere to prepare; con- + facere to make. See Fact, and cf. Confect.] A dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preserved with sugar and dried; a confection.
Comfit
Comfit Com"fit, v. t. To preserve dry with sugar. The fruit which does so quickly waste, . . . Thou comfitest in sweets to make it last. --Cowley.

Meaning of Comfits from wikipedia

- Comfits are confectionery consisting of dried fruits, nuts, seeds or ****es coated with sugar candy, often through sugar panning. Almond comfits (also...
- types of comfits: smooth and ragged. They differed in the density of sugar syrup that coated them, and thus had different textures. Long comfits, slivers...
- no fruit, instead being made mostly of pure sugar. These candies were comfits, and often surrounded a seed, nut, or ****e. The menu for Henry IV of England's...
- instead may be nuts, seeds, or ****es coated with hard sugar, also called comfits. Food portal List of dried foods List of plum dishes Pomology – Study of...
- of ****e enclosed in a round or ovoid m**** of sugar. The production of comfits was a core skill of the early confectioner, who was known more commonly...
- Directions for Making Dessert Cakes, Plain and Fancy Bread, Candies, Bonbons, Comfits, Spirituous Essences, and Cordials: Also, the Art of Ice-making, and the...
- of the pharmaceutical use of sugar, as they were a miniature version of comfits. The French name has been interpreted to mean they were "without equal"...
- sugar) center. The word konpeitō comes from the Portuguese word confeito ("comfit"), which is a type of sugar candy, and also an umbrella term for sweets...
- Muisjes (Dutch: [ˈmœyɕəs] ; lit. 'little mice') are aniseed comfits and are a traditional Dutch bread topping. While customary on bread, they are traditionally...
- consumption of sweetened foods during Lent, because "sugared ****es", such as comfits, were, in his opinion, digestive aids on par with medicine rather than...