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Bonbons; sweetmeats; confections; also, plaster or paper imitations of, or substitutes for, bonbons, often used by carnival revelers, at weddings, etc.

Deeply fetched or drawn. [Obs.] "Deep-fet groans." Shak.

The common newt; -- called also asker, eft, evat, and ewt.

austed of energy; incapable of efficient action; no longer productive; barren; sterile. Effete results from virile efforts. Mrs. Browning If they find the old governments effete, worn out, . . . they may seek new ones. Burke.

To bind in fetters; to enchain. "Enfettered to her love." Shak.

A courier who conveys messages to another courier; a military courier sent from one part of an army to another.

Imperfect fetation in some organ exterior to the uterus; extra- uterine fetation. Hoblyn.

Farfetched. [Obs.] York with his farfet policy. Shak.

To bring from far; to seek out studiously. [Obs.] To farfetch the name of Tartar from a Hebrew word. Fuller.

Brought from far, or from a remote place. Every remedy contained a multitude of farfetched and heterogeneous ingredients. Hawthorne.

penalty; to transgress. [Obs.] And all this suffered our Lord Jesus Christ that never forfeted. Chaucer.

Insecurity; danger. [Obs.]

A leaflet.

The time that life continues.

A small muff worn over the wrist. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

loss. Up led by thee, Into the heaven I have presumed, An earthly guest . . . With like safety guided down, Return me to my native element. Milton.

A bicycle with equal or nearly equal wheels, usually 28 inches diameter, driven by pedals connected to the rear (driving) wheel by a multiplying gear.

An auxiliary watch chain, secured to the clothes, usually out of sight, to prevent stealing of the watch.

An estafet. [R.] arlyle.

prior conception, but before the birth of the offspring. The female . . . is said to superfetate. Grew.