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30 words match “SWEETMEAT”

INCRUST v.
a crust on the surface of; as, iron incrusted with rust; a vessel incrusted with salt; a sweetmeat incrusted with sugar. And by the frost refin'd the whiter snow, Incrusted hard. Thomson.
JUNKET n.
A cheese cake; a sweetmeat; any delicate food. How Faery Mab the junkets eat. Milton. Victuals varied well in taste, And other junkets. Chapman.
JUNKETRIES n.
Sweetmeats. [Obs.]
NOUGAT n.
A cake, sweetmeat, or confectión made with almonds or other nuts.
SUCCADE n. 2 definitions
A sweetmeat. [Obs.] Holland.
SUCKET n.
A sweetmeat; a dainty morsel. Jer. Taylor.
SWEET n.
Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc.
TRIFLE n.
A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc., with syllabub poured over it.
TRUELOVE n.
An unexplained word occurring in Chaucer, meaning, perhaps, an aromatic sweetmeat for sweetening the breath. T. R. Lounsbury. Under his tongue a truelove he bore. Chaucer. Truelove knot, a complicated, involved knot that does not readily untie; the emblem of interwoven affection or engagement; -- called also true-lover…
TUCK n.
Food; pastry; sweetmeats. [Slang] T. Hughes.
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