sweetmeat

noun

A sweet delicacy, such as a piece of candy or crystallized fruit.

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A sweet thing to eat; an article of confectionery made wholly or principally of sugar; a bonbon: usually in the plural.

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Fruit preserved with sugar, either moist or dry; a conserve; a preserve: usually in the plural.

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One of the common slipper-limpets of the United States, Crepidula fornicata. See Crepidula.

noun

A varnish for patent leather.

noun

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

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The paint used in making patent leather.

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A boat shell (Crepidula fornicata) of the American coast.

noun

A sweet delicacy; a confection

noun

a sweetened delicacy (as a preserve or pastry)