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