confectionery

[Eng. confection; -ery.] 1. Sweetmeats or preserves generally; confections, candies, ., or anything sold by a confectioner. These are prepared either from cane-sugar, glucose, or honey, lavored with e ences, and in most cases colored with various coloring matters. Some of the colors used are harmle , such as cochineal, carmine, saffron, .; but others are poisonous, such as the bright greens containing arsenic and copper, will, Foreknowledge, and Fate, p. 223. con'-fect, a. [Lat. confect us.] Made up, com pounded. "The substance or matter which is holy chrism confect (as they say) and made of oil-olive and balm."-Rogers: 39 Articles , p. 253. (1607.) con-fect, v . t . [Lat. confectum , sup. of conficio =to prepare: con cum =with, and facio =to make; Fr. confire .] [COMFIT.] *1. To make up together; to compound, to mingle or mix ( lit. & fig .). "And yet those dainties of my joyes, Are still confected with some feares."