Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sweetmeat"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sweetmeat \Sweet"meat`\, n.
1. Fruit preserved with sugar, as peaches, pears, melons,
nuts, orange peel, etc.; -- usually in the plural; a
confect; a confection.
2. The paint used in making patent leather.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A boat shell ({Crepidula fornicata}) of the
American coast. [Local, U.S.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sweetmeat
n : a sweetened delicacy (as a preserve or pastry)
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