† confecturen.
Obsolete.
A preparation of drugs, of preserved fruit, sweets, etc.; = confection n., comfiture n.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > a poisonous mixture or preparation
comfiturec1386
confecturec1386
confection1477
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > preserve > [noun]
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succade1463
succate1481
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confecture1502
conserva1502
conserves1555
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konfyt1862
pozzy1900
c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 534 Þer nys no creature Þat eten or drunken haþ of þis confecture [v.r. confiture]..Þat he ne schal his lyf anon forlete.
1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. xxv. sig. hh.i v To ete spyces or confectures..is no brekynge of the faste.
1581 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1597) §114 The inordinat consumption..of Drogges, Confectoures and Spiceries, brocht from the pairtes beyond Sea.
1693 N. Staphorst tr. L. Rauwolf Trav. Eastern Countries ii. v, in J. Ray Coll. Curious Trav. I. 160 A great dish fill'd up with Cibebs, and several sorts of Confectures.
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