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Webster 1913 Edition
Confection
Con-fec′tion
,Noun.
[F., fr. L.
confectio
.] 1.
A composition of different materials.
[Obs.]
A new
confection
of mold. Bacon.
2.
A preparation of fruits or roots, etc., with sugar; a sweetmeat.
Certain
confections
. . . are like to candied conserves, and are made of sugar and lemons. Bacon.
3.
A composition of drugs.
Shak.
4.
(Med.)
A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey.
☞ The pharmacopœias formerly made a distinction between conserves (made of fresh vegetable substances and sugar) and electuaries (medicinal substances combined with sirup or honey), but the distinction is now abandoned and all are called confections.
Webster 1828 Edition
Confection
CONFECTION
,Noun.
1.
Any thing prepared with sugar, as fruit; a sweetmeat; something preserved. 2.
A composition or mixture.3.
A soft electuary.