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To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of. [Obs.] Saffron confected in Cilicia. W. Browne.

A composition of different materials. [Obs.] A new confection of mold. Bacon.

A confectioner. [Obs.] He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks. 1 Sam. viii. 13.

A compounder. [Obs.] Canidia Neapolitana was confectioner of unguents. Haywood.

A highly refined sugar in impalpable powder, esp. suited to confectioners' uses.

Sweetmeats, in general; things prepared and sold by a confectioner; confections; candies.

Pertaining to the art of making sweetmeats. [Obs.] Beaumont.

Same as Confiture. [Obs.]

A compound cordial, in the form of a confection, deriving its name from the kermes insect, its principal ingredient.

alis or Angelica archangelica) the leaf stalks of which are sometimes candied and used in confectionery, and the roots and seeds as an aromatic tonic.

A confection made of flour, sugar, marmalade, and eggs; a sweet biscuit.

Sugar confectionery; a sugarplum; hence, any dainty.

A more or less solid article of confectionery made by boiling sugar or molasses to the desired consistency, and than crystallizing, molding, or working in the required shape. It is often flavored or colored, and sometimes contains fruit, nuts, etc.

A kind of confectionery, usually a small cube or square of tenacious paste, or candy, of varying composition and flavor.

The seeds have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. They are used in cookery and confectionery, and also in medicine as a carminative.

A kind of confectionery or cake. [Obs.] Nares.

A dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preserved with sugar and dried; a confection.

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

Anything which is conserved; especially, a sweetmeat prepared with sugar; a confection. I shall . . . study broths, plasters, and conserves, till from a fine lady I become a notable woman. Tatler.

A confection; a comfit; a drug. [Obs.] Chaucer.