SWEETMEAT

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Fruit preserved with sugar, as peaches, pears, melons, nuts, orange peel, etc.; -- usually in the plural; a confect; a confection.

2.
n.

The paint used in making patent leather.

3.
n.

A boat shell (Crepidula fornicata) of the American coast. [Local, U.S.]


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