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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.
Meaning of Confectio from wikipedia
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major ingredient.
Alkermes was a
modification of an 8th-century
potion confectio alchermes, a
tonic composed of raw silk,
apple juice,
ground pearls, musk...
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Yuhanna ̄ Ibn
Masawaih used the dye
kermes to
create a
potion called Confectio Alchermes. The
potion was "intended for the
caliph and his
court and not...
- In pre-modern medicine,
catholicon was a soft electuary, so
called as
being supposedly universal in its
curative and
prophylactic abilities (see panacea);...
- in
Patrologia Latina, vol. 138, col. 17-170, III, 54 (col. 105) : 54.
Confectio abaci. In
geometria vero non
minor in
docendo labor expensus est. Cujus...
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Brigade Role
Combat Support Size
Brigade Garrison/HQ Camp Beauregard,
Louisiana (Headquarters) Motto(s)
Confectio Insignia Distinctive unit insignia...
- each of
Socotrine aloes,
Rhubarb root (East India),
Angelica seeds, and
Confectio Damocratis (Damocrates' Confection); 2
ounces each of
Helenis root (Elecampane...
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confectione quæ
dicitur tenax,
Theophylus speaks about a
preparation called confectio tenax. The
material cited by
Theophylus has a
double role: it
should act...
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trium Gebri medicinarum, in
quibus contenitur Lapidis Philosophici vera
confectio (Amsterdam, 1678, Latin) The
Secret of the
Immortal Liquor called Alkahest...
