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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.

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.

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

A small piece of confectionery.

n aromatic and pungent plant of the genus Mentha (M. piperita), much used in medicine and confectionery.

A kind of delicate confectionery or cake, perhaps made from the pulp of fruit. [Obs.] Nares.

ith part of the stile, of the Crocus sativus. Saffron is used in cookery, and in coloring confectionery, liquors, varnishes, etc., and was formerly much used in medicine.

Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc.

racted from them; also, the flavoring extract made from the capsules, extensively used in confectionery, perfumery, etc.

A dealer in the cakes called wafers; a confectioner. [Obs.] Chaucer.