Confect

Webster's Practical Dictionary- A Practical Dictionary of the Englih Language · 1884 · p. 89

kon'fekt,». A sweetmeat: comfit. — Confection, n. A preparation of fruit, etc., with sugar; act of making confects. — Confectioner, n. One who makes or sells confections, candies, etc. — Confec'tionery, -er-T,?i. Sweetmeats in general; confections; candies: place for making or selling, etc.