Sweetmeat

  • 51Sucket — Suck et, n. [Cf. {Suck}, v. t., {Succades}.] A sweetmeat; a dainty morsel. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 52Truelove — True love , n. 1. One really beloved. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A plant. See {Paris}. [1913 Webster] 3. An unexplained word occurring in Chaucer, meaning, perhaps, an aromatic sweetmeat for sweetening the breath. T. R. Lounsbury. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 53Truelove knot — Truelove True love , n. 1. One really beloved. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A plant. See {Paris}. [1913 Webster] 3. An unexplained word occurring in Chaucer, meaning, perhaps, an aromatic sweetmeat for sweetening the breath. T. R. Lounsbury. [1913… …

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  • 54true-lover's knot — Truelove True love , n. 1. One really beloved. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A plant. See {Paris}. [1913 Webster] 3. An unexplained word occurring in Chaucer, meaning, perhaps, an aromatic sweetmeat for sweetening the breath. T. R. Lounsbury. [1913… …

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  • 55confection — noun Date: 15th century 1. the act or process of confecting 2. something confected: as a. a fancy dish or sweetmeat; also a sweet food b. a medicinal preparation usually made with sugar, syrup, or honey c. a work of fine or …

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  • 56confetti — noun Etymology: Italian, plural of confetto sweetmeat, from Medieval Latin confectum, from Latin, neuter of confectus, past participle of conficere to prepare more at comfit Date: 1815 small bits or streamers of brightly colored paper made for… …

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  • 57halvah — or halva noun Etymology: Yiddish halva, from Romanian, from Turkish helva, from Arabic ḥalwā sweetmeat Date: 1846 a flaky confection of crushed sesame seeds in a base of syrup (as of honey) …

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  • 58sugarplum — noun Date: 1627 a small candy in the shape of a ball or disk ; sweetmeat …

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  • 59conserve — I. transitive verb (conserved; conserving) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French conserver, from Latin conservare, from com + servare to keep, guard, observe; akin to Avestan haurvaiti he guards Date: 14th century 1. to keep in a safe or… …

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  • 60Ant — For other uses, see Ant (disambiguation). Ants Temporal range: 130–0 Ma …

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