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Fruit preserved with sugar, as peaches, pears, melons, nuts, orange peel, etc.; -- usually in the plural; a confect; a confection.

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  1. n. Fruit preserved with sugar, as peaches, pears, melons, nuts, orange peel, etc.; -- usually in the plural; a confect; a confection.
  2. n. The paint used in making patent leather.
  3. n. A boat shell (Crepidula fornicata) of the American coast.
  4. n. a sweetened delicacy (as a preserve or pastry)
  5. n:100 n. a sweetened delicacy (as a preserve or pastry)