Part 2257

<h1>Confect</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con"fect</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A comfit; a confection.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>At supper eat a pippin roasted and sweetened with sugar of roses and caraway <b>confects</b>. <i>Harvey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Confection</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con*fec"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>confectio</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A composition of different materials.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>A new <b>confection</b> of mold. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A preparation of fruits or roots, etc., with sugar; a sweetmeat.</def>

<blockquote>Certain <b>confections</b> . . . are like to candied conserves, and are made of sugar and lemons. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A composition of drugs.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey.</def>

<note>&hand; The pharmacop\'d2ias formerly made a distinction between <i>conserves</i> (made of fresh vegetable substances and sugar) and <i>electuaries</i> (medicinal substances combined with sirup or honey), but the distinction is now abandoned and all are called <i>confections</i>.</note>

<h1>Confectionary</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con*fec"tion*a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. LL. <ets>confectionaris</ets> a pharmacist.]</ety> <def>A confectioner.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>He will take your daughters to be <b>confectionaries</b>, and to be cooks. <i>1 Sam. viii. 13.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Confectionary</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con*fec"tion*a*ry</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Prepared as a confection.</def>

<blockquote>The biscuit or <b>confectionary</b> plum. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Confectioner</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con*fec"tion*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A compounder.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Canidia Neapolitana was <b>confectioner</b> of unguents. <i>Haywood.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One whose occupation it is to make or sell confections, candies, etc.</def>

<h1>Confectionery</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con*fec"tion*er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Sweetmeats, in general; things prepared and sold by a confectioner; confections; candies.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A place where candies, sweetmeats, and similar things are made or sold.</def>

<h1>Confectory</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con*fec"to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to the art of making sweetmeats.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Beaumont.</i>