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ConfectingConfect Con*fect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confected; p. pr. &
vb. n. Confecting.] [L. confectus, p. p. of conficere to
prepare. See Comfit.]
1. To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of. [Obs.]
Saffron confected in Cilicia. --W. Browne.
2. To construct; to form; to mingle or mix. [Obs.]
Of this were confected the famous everlasting lamps
and tapers. --Sir T.
Herbert.
[My joys] are still confected with some fears.
--Stirling. Confection
Confection Con*fec"tion, n. [F., fr. L. confectio.]
1. A composition of different materials. [Obs.]
A new confection of mold. --Bacon.
2. A preparation of fruits or roots, etc., with sugar; a
sweetmeat.
Certain confections . . . are like to candied
conserves, and are made of sugar and lemons.
--Bacon.
3. A composition of drugs. --Shak.
4. (Med.) A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal
substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey.
Note: The pharmacop[oe]ias formerly made a distinction
between conserves (made of fresh vegetable substances
and sugar) and electuaries (medicinal substances
combined with sirup or honey), but the distinction is
now abandoned and all are called confections.
Confectionary
Confectionary Con*fec"tion*a*ry, n. [Cf. LL. confectionaris a
pharmacist.]
A confectioner. [Obs.]
He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and
to be cooks. --1 Sam. viii.
13.
Confectionary
Confectionary Con*fec"tion*a*ry, a.
Prepared as a confection.
The biscuit or confectionary plum. --Cowper.
Confectioner
Confectioner Con*fec"tion*er, n.
1. A compounder. [Obs.]
Canidia Neapolitana was confectioner of unguents.
--Haywood.
2. One whose occupation it is to make or sell confections,
candies, etc.
Confectionery
Confectionery Con*fec"tion*er*y, n.
1. Sweetmeats, in general; things prepared and sold by a
confectioner; confections; candies.
2. A place where candies, sweetmeats, and similar things are
made or sold.
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