Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 103
Condone (v. t.) 寬恕；赦免 To pardon; to forgive.
A fraud which he had either concocted or condoned. -- W. Black.
It would have been magnanimous in the men then in power to have overlooked all these things, and, condoning the politics, to have rewarded the poetry of Burns. -- J. C. Shairp.
Condone (v. t.) (Law) To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive for a violation of the marriage law; -- said of either the husband or the wife.
Condone (v.) Excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities" [syn: {excuse}, {condone}].
Condor (n.) (Zool.) 【鳥】兀鷹 A very large bird of the Vulture family (Sarcorhamphus gryphus), found in the most elevated parts of the Andes.
Condor (n.) (Zool.) The California vulture ({Gymnogyps californianus}), also called {California condor}. [Local, U. S.]
Note: In the late 20th century it is classed as an endangered species. The California condor used to number in the thousands and ranged along the entire west coast of the United States. By 1982 only 21 to 24 individuals could be identified in the wild. A breeding program was instituted, and by 1996 over 50 birds were alive in captivity. As of 1997, fewer than ten of the bred birds had been reintroduced into the wild.
Condor (n.) A gold coin of Chile, bearing the figure of a condor, and equal to twenty pesos. It contains 10.98356 grams of gold, and is equivalent to about $7.29. Called also {colon}.
Condor (n.) A gold coin of Colombia equivalent to about $9.65. It is no longer coined.
Condor (n.) The largest flying birds in the western hemisphere.
Condottieri (n. pl. ) of Condottiere
Condottiere (n.) A military adventurer of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, who sold his services, and those of his followers, to any party in any contest.
Conduced (imp. & p. p.) of Conduce.
Conducing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conduce.
Conduce (v. i.) 有益；有貢獻於；導致 To lead or tend, esp. with reference to a favorable or desirable result; to contribute; -- usually followed by to or toward.
He was sensible how much such a union would conduce to the happiness of both -- Macaulay.
The reasons you allege do more conduce To the hot passion of distemper'd blood. -- Shak.
Syn: To contribute; aid; assist; tend; subserve.
Conduce (v. t.) To conduct; to lead; to guide. [Obs.]
He was sent to conduce hither the princess. -- Sir H. Wotton.
Conduce (v.) Be conducive to; "The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing" [syn: {contribute}, {lead}, {conduce}].
Conducent (a.) Conducive; tending.
Conducibility (n.) The state or quality of being conducible; conducibleness.
Conducible (a.) Conducive; tending; contributing.
Conducibleness (n.) Quality of being conducible.
Conducibly (adv.) In a manner to promote.
Conducive (a.) 有助的，有益的，促成的 [F] [（+to）] Loading or tending; helpful; contributive; tending to promote.
However conducive to the good or our country. -- Addison.
Conducive (a.) Tending to bring about; being partly responsible for; "working conditions are not conducive to productivity"; "the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city"; "a contributory factor" [syn: {conducive}, {contributing(a)}, {contributive}, {contributory}, {tributary}].
Conduciveness (n.) 有助於...，助長，有益於... The quality of conducing.
Conducted (imp. & p. p.) of Conduct.
Conducting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conduct.
Conduct (v. t.) 引導，帶領；實施；處理；經營，管理；為人，表現 [O] ; 指揮（軍隊，樂隊等）；【物】傳導（熱，電等） To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend.
I can conduct you, lady, to a low But loyal cottage, where you may be safe. -- Milton.
Conduct (v. t.) To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom.
Little skilled in the art of conducting a siege. -- Prescott.
Conduct (v. t.) To behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself well.
Conduct (v. t.) (Physics) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.
Conduct (v. t.) (Mus.) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
Conduct (n.) [U] 行為；品行；舉動 The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.
Christianity has humanized the conduct of war. -- Paley.
The conduct of the state, the administration of its affairs. -- Ld. Brougham.
Conduct (n.) Skillful guidance or management; generalship.
Conduct of armies is a prince's art. -- Waller.
Attacked the Spaniards . . . with great impetuosity, but with so little conduct, that his forces were totally routed. -- Robertson.
Conduct (n.) Convoy; escort; guard; guide. [Archaic]
I will be your conduct. -- B. Jonson.
In my conduct shall your ladies come. -- Shak.
Conduct (n.) That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument. [Obs.]
Although thou hast been conduct of my shame. -- Shak.
Conduct (n.) The manner of guiding or carrying one's self; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.
All these difficulties were increased by the conduct of Shrewsbury. -- Macaulay.
What in the conduct of our life appears So well designed, so luckily begun, But when we have our wish, we wish undone? -- Dryden.
Conduct (n.) Plot; action; construction; manner of development.
The book of Job, in conduct and diction. -- Macaulay.
{Conduct money} (Naut.), a portion of a seaman's wages retained till the end of his engagement, and paid over only if his conduct has been satisfactory.
Syn: Behavior; carriage; deportment; demeanor; bearing; management; guidance. See {Behavior}.
Conduct (v. i.) 引導，帶領；指揮樂隊 To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
Conduct (v. i.) To conduct one's self; to behave. [U. S.]
Conduct (n.) Manner of acting or controlling yourself [syn: {behavior}, {behaviour}, {conduct}, {doings}].
Conduct (n.) (Behavioral attributes) The way a person behaves toward other people [syn: {demeanor}, {demeanour}, {behavior}, {behaviour}, {conduct}, {deportment}].
Conduct (v.) Direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct business like this" [syn: {conduct}, {carry on}, {deal}].
Conduct (v.) Lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years" [syn: {conduct}, {lead}, {direct}].
Conduct (v.) Behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times" [syn: {behave}, {acquit}, {bear}, {deport}, {conduct}, {comport}, {carry}].
Conduct (v.) Take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace" [syn: {lead}, {take}, {direct}, {conduct}, {guide}].
Conduct (v.) Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" [syn: {impart}, {conduct}, {transmit}, {convey}, {carry}, {channel}].
Conduct (v.) Lead musicians in the performance of; "Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor"; "she cannot conduct modern pieces."
Conduct (n.) Law of nations. This term is used in the phrase safe conduct, to signify the security given, by authority of the government, under the great seal, to a stranger, for his quietly coming into and passing out of the territories over which it has jurisdiction. A safe conduct differs from a passport; the former is given to enemies, the latter to friends or citizens.
Conduct (v.) (Organize) (B2) [ T ] 組織；實施；進行；處理 To organize and perform a particular activity.
// We are conducting a survey to find out what our customers think of their local bus service. The experiments were conducted by scientists in New York.
How you choose to conduct your private life is your own business!
Conduct (v.) (Behave) Conduct yourself (C2) （尤指在公共或正式場合中）舉止，表現；為人 To behave in a particular way, especially in a public or formal situation, or to organize the way in which you live in a particular way.
// How should I conduct myself at these dinners? I know nothing about etiquette.
Conduct (v.) (Show way) [ T usually + adv/ prep ] (Formal) 引導；帶領；指引；給…帶路 To lead someone to a particular place.
// May I conduct you to your table, sir, or would you prefer to have a drink at the bar first? The protesters were conducted from the courtroom by two police officers.
Conduct (v.) (Show way) [ T ] 爲…導遊，帶（遊客）遊覽 If you conduct a tour of a place, you take people around the place and show it to them.
// A guide conducts tours of the cathedral every afternoon at 2.00.
A conducted tour of the palace.
Conduct (v.) (Music) (B2) [ I or T ] 指揮 To direct the performance of musicians or a piece of music.
// The orchestra was conducted by Mira Shapur.
Who's conducting at tonight's concert?
Conduct (v.) (Allow through) [ T ] 傳導（電或熱） To allow electricity or heat to go through.
// Copper conducts electricity, but plastic does not.
Conduct (n.) [ U ] (Behaviour) 行爲，舉止；表現；爲人 Behaviour.
// Bad/ excellent/ disgraceful conduct.
The club has a strict code (= set of rules) of conduct.
Conduct (n.) [ U ] (Organization) (Formal) 組織方式；實施方式 The way in which an activity is organized and performed.
// He was criticized for his conduct of the inquiry.
Conductibility (n.) 傳導性 Capability of being conducted; as, the conductibility of heat or electricity.
Conductibility (n.) Conductivity; capacity for receiving and transmitting.
Conductible (a.) 可傳導的 Capable of being conducted.
Conduction (n.) 【物】傳導；輸送 The act of leading or guiding.
Conduction (n.) The act of training up.
Conduction (n.) Transmission through, or by means of, a conductor; also, conductivity.
Conductive (a.) 傳導（性）的；有傳導力的 Having the quality or power of conducting; as, the conductive tissue of a pistil.
Conductivity (n.) 【電】導電率；【物】傳導性 The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving and transmitting, as heat, electricity, etc.; as, the conductivity of a nerve.
Conductor (n.) [C] 領導者；管理人；響導；（合唱團、樂隊等的）指揮；（電車、巴士的）車掌；【美】（火車的）隨車服務員；【物】導體；避雷針 One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director.
Zeal, the blind conductor of the will. -- Dryden.
Conductor (n.) One in charge of a public conveyance, as of a railroad train or a street car. [U. S.]
Conductor (n.) (Mus.) The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus.
Conductor (n.) (Physics) A substance or body capable of being a medium for the transmission of certain forces, esp. heat or electricity; specifically, a lightning rod.
Conductor (n.) (Surg.) A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director.
Conductor (n.) (Arch.) Same as Leader.
Prime conductor (Elec.), The largest conductor of an electrical machine, serving to collect, accumulate, or retain the electricity.
Conductor (n.) The person who leads a musical group [syn: conductor, music director, director].
Conductor (n.) A substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat [ant: dielectric, insulator, nonconductor].
Conductor (n.) The person who collects fares on a public conveyance.
Conductor (n.) A device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.
Conductory (a.) Having the property of conducting. [R.]
Conductress (n.) 女嚮導；女指揮；女車掌 A woman who leads or directs; a directress.
Conduit (n.) A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid.
All the conduits of my blood froze up. -- Shak.
This is the fountain of all those bitter waters, of which, through a hundred different conduits, we have drunk. -- Burke.
Conduit (n.) (Arch.) A structure forming a reservoir for water. -- Oxf. Gloss.
Conduit (n.) (Arch.) A narrow passage for private communication. Conduit system
Conduit (n.) A passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass; "the computers were connected through a system of conduits."
Conduplicate (a.) (Bot.) Folded lengthwise along the midrib, the upper face being within; -- said of leaves or petals in vernation or aestivation.
Conduplication (n.) A doubling together or folding; a duplication. [R.]
Condurango (n.) (Med.) See Cundurango.
Condurrite (n.) (Min.) A variety of the mineral domeykite, or copper arsenide, from the Condurra mine in Cornwall, England.
Condylar (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a condyle.
Condylar foramen (Anat.), A formen in front of each condyle of the occipital bone; -- sometimes called the anterior condylar foramen when a second, or posterior, foramen is present behind the condyle, as often happens in man.
Condylar (a.) Of or relating to or resembling a condyle.
Condyle (n.) (Anat.) A bony prominence; particularly, an eminence at the end of a bone bearing a rounded articular surface; -- sometimes applied also to a concave articular surface.
Condyle (n.) A round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone.
Condyloid (a.) (Anat.) Shaped like or pertaining to a condyle. Condyloma
Condylomata (n. pl. ) of Condylome.
Condylomes (n. pl. ) of Condylome.
Condyloma (n.) Alt. of Condylome.
Condylome (n.) (Med.) A wartlike new growth on the outer skin or adjoining mucous membrane.
Note: There are two kinds of condylomata, the pointed and the broad, the latter being of syphilitic origin.
Condylopod (n.) (Zool.) An arthropod.
Cone (n.) (Geom.) A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- called also a right cone. More generally, any solid having a vertical point and bounded by a surface which is described by a straight line always passing through that vertical point; a solid having a circle for its base and tapering to a point or vertex.
Cone (n.) Anything shaped more or less like a mathematical cone; as, a volcanic cone, a collection of scoriae around the crater of a volcano, usually heaped up in a conical form.
Now had Night measured with her shadowy cone Half way up hill this vast sublunar vault. -- Milton.
Cone (n.) (Bot.) The fruit or strobile of the Coniferae, as of the pine, fir, cedar, and cypress. It is composed of woody scales, each one of which has one or two seeds at its base.
Cone (n.) (Zool.) A shell of the genus Conus, having a conical form.
Cone of rays (Opt.), The pencil of rays of light which proceed from a radiant point to a given surface, as that of a lens, or conversely.
Cone pulley. See in the Vocabulary.
Oblique cone or Scalene cone, A cone of which the axis is inclined to the plane of its base.
Eight cone. See Cone, 1.
Cone (v. t.) To render cone-shaped; to bevel like the circular segment of a cone; as, to cone the tires of car wheels.
Cone (n.) Any cone-shaped artifact.
Cone (n.) A shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point [syn: cone, conoid, cone shape].
Cone (n.) Cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts [syn: cone, strobilus, strobile].
Cone (n.) A visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to color [syn: cone, cone cell, retinal cone].
Cone (v.) Make cone-shaped; "cone a tire."
Cone (n.) [ C ] (Shape) 圓錐體 A shape with a flat, round or oval base and a top that becomes narrower until it forms a point.
// A traffic cone.
Cone (n.) [ C ] (Tree) （針葉松的）錐形毬果 The hard oval-shaped fruit of a conifer.
Cone (n.) [ C ] (Food) （盛霜淇淋的）錐形蛋筒 A container made of very light thin biscuit, or one of these containing ice cream.
// An ice cream cone.
Cone-in-cone (a.) (Geol.) Consisting of a series of parallel cones, each made up of many concentric cones closely packed together; -- said of a kind of structure sometimes observed in sedimentary rocks.
Coneine (n.) (Chem.) See Conine. conenose
Conine (n.) [From Conium.] (Chem.) A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the hemlock ({Conium maculatum) and extracted as a colorless oil, C8H17N, of strong repulsive odor and acrid taste. It is regarded as a derivative of piperidine and likewise of one of the collidines. It occasions a gradual paralysis of the motor nerves. Called also coniine, coneine, conia, etc.
See Conium, 2.
Conepate (n.) Alt. of Conepatl
Conepatl (n.) (Zool.) The skunk.
Cone (n.) (Geom.) A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- called also a right cone. More generally, any solid having a vertical point and bounded by a surface which is described by a straight line always passing through that vertical point; a solid having a circle for its base and tapering to a point or vertex.
Cone (n.) Anything shaped more or less like a mathematical cone; as, a volcanic cone, a collection of scori[ae] around the crater of a volcano, usually heaped up in a conical form.
Now had Night measured with her shadowy cone Half way up hill this vast sublunar vault. -- Milton.
Cone (n.) (Bot.) The fruit or strobile of the Conifer[ae], as of the pine, fir, cedar, and cypress. It is composed of woody scales, each one of which has one or two seeds at its base.
Cone (n.) (Zool.) A shell of the genus Conus, having a conical form.
Cone of rays (Opt.), The pencil of rays of light which proceed from a radiant point to a given surface, as that of a lens, or conversely.
Cone pulley. See in the Vocabulary.
Oblique cone or Scalene cone, A cone of which the axis is inclined to the plane of its base.
Eight cone. See Cone, 1.
Pulley (n.; pl. Pulleys.) (Mach.) A wheel with a broad rim, or grooved rim, for transmitting power from, or imparting power to, the different parts of machinery, or for changing the direction of motion, by means of a belt, cord, rope, or chain.
Note: The pulley, as one of the mechanical powers, consists, in its simplest form, of a grooved wheel, called a sheave, turning within a movable frame or block, by means of a cord or rope attached at one end to a fixed point. The force, acting on the free end of the rope, is thus doubled, but can move the load through only half the space traversed by itself. The rope may also pass over a sheave in another block that is fixed. The end of the rope may be fastened to the movable block, instead of a fixed point, with an additional gain of power, and using either one or two sheaves in the fixed block. Other sheaves may be added, and the power multiplied accordingly. Such an apparatus is called by workmen a block and tackle, or a fall and tackle.
See Block. A single fixed pulley gives no increase of power, but serves simply for changing the direction of motion.
Band pulley, or Belt pulley, A pulley with a broad face for transmitting power between revolving shafts by means of a belt, or for guiding a belt.
Cone pulley. See Cone pulley.
Conical pulley, One of a pair of belt pulleys, each in the shape of a truncated cone, for varying velocities.
Fast pulley, A pulley firmly attached upon a shaft.
Loose pulley, A pulley loose on a shaft, to interrupt the transmission of motion in machinery. See Fast and loose pulleys, under Fast.
Parting pulley, A belt pulley made in semicircular halves, which can be bolted together, to facilitate application to, or removal from, a shaft.
Pulley block. Same as Block, n. 6.
Pulley stile (Arch.), The upright of the window frame into which a pulley is fixed and along which the sash slides.
Split pulley, A parting pulley.
Cone pulley () A pulley for driving machines, etc., having two or more parts or steps of different diameters; a pulley having a conical shape.
Coney (n.) (Zool.) A rabbit. See Cony.
Coney (n.) (Zool.) A fish. See Cony.
Cony (n.) [Written also coney.] (Zool.) (a) A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit ({Lepus cuniculus).
Cony (n.) (Zool.) (b) The chief hare.
Note: The cony of Scripture is thought to be Hyrax Syriacus, called also daman, and cherogril. See Daman.
Cony (n.) A simpleton. [Obs.]
It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our usual phrases of cony and cony catcher. -- Diet's Dry Dinner (1599).
Cony (n.) (Zool.) (a) An important edible West Indian fish ({Epinephelus apua); the hind of Bermuda.
Cony (n.) (Zool.) (b) A local name of the burbot. [Eng.]
Compare: Hind
Hind (a.) In the rear; -- opposed to front; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows or is behind, in opposition to the part which leads or is before; as, the hind legs or hind feet of a quadruped; the hind man in a procession.
Hind (n.) (Zool.) The female of the red deer, of which the male is the stag.
Hind (n.) (Zool.) A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus, as Epinephelus apua of Bermuda, and Epinephelus Drummond-hayi of Florida; -- called also coney, John Paw, spotted hind.
Coney (n.) Black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins [syn: coney, Epinephelus fulvus].
Coney (n.) Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes [syn: hyrax, coney, cony, dassie, das].
Coney (n.) Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America [syn: pika, mouse hare, rock rabbit, coney, cony].
Coney (n.) Any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food [syn: rabbit, coney, cony].
Coney, () (Heb. shaphan; i.e., "the hider"), an animal which inhabits the mountain gorges and the rocky districts of Arabia Petraea and the Holy Land. "The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks" (Prov. 30:26; Ps. 104:18). They are gregarious, and "exceeding wise" (Prov. 30:24), and are described as chewing the cud (Lev. 11:5; Deut. 14:7).
The animal intended by this name is known among naturalists as the Hyrax Syriacus. It is neither a ruminant nor a rodent, but is regarded as akin to the rhinoceros. When it is said to "chew the cud," the Hebrew word so used does not necessarily imply the possession of a ruminant stomach. "The lawgiver speaks according to appearances; and no one can watch the constant motion of the little creature's jaws, as it sits continually working its teeth, without recognizing the naturalness of the expression" (Tristram, Natural History of the Bible). It is about the size and color of a rabbit, though clumsier in structure, and without a tail. Its feet are not formed for digging, and therefore it has its home not in burrows but in the clefts of the rocks. "Coney" is an obsolete English word for "rabbit."
Confab (n.) Familiar talk or conversation. [Colloq.]
Confab (n.) An informal conversation [syn: chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose].
Confab (v.) Talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit].
Confab (v.) Have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action" [syn: confer, confabulate, confab, consult].
Confabulated (imp. & p. p.) of Confabulate.
Confabulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confabulate.
Confabulate (v. i.) To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle.
I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no. -- Cowper.
Confabulate (v.) Unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory.
Confabulate (v.) Talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit].
Confabulate (v.) Have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action" [syn: confer, confabulate, confab, consult].
Confabulation (n.) Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation.
Friends' confabulations are comfortable at all times, as fire in winter. -- Burton.
Confabulation (n.) An informal conversation [syn: chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose].
Confabulation (n.) (Psychiatry) A plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered.
Confabulatory (a.) Of the nature of familiar talk; in the form of a dialogue. -- Weever.
Confalon (n.) (R. C. Ch.) One of a fraternity of seculars, also called Penitents.
Confarreation (n.) (Antiq.) A form of marriage among the Romans, in which an offering of bread was made, in presence of the high priest and at least ten witnesses.
Confated (p.a.) Fated or decreed with something else.
Confected (imp. & p. p.) of Confect.
Confecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confect.
Confect (v. t.) To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of. [Obs.]
Saffron confected in Cilicia. -- W. Browne.
Confect (v. t.) To construct; to form; to mingle or mix. [Obs.]
Of this were confected the famous everlasting lamps and tapers. -- Sir T. Herbert.
[My joys] are still confected with some fears. -- Stirling.
Confect (n.) A comfit; a confection. [Obs.]
At supper eat a pippin roasted and sweetened with sugar of roses and caraway confects. -- Harvey.
Confect (n.) A rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts [syn: candy, confect].
Confect (v.) Make or construct.
Confect (v.) Make into a confection; "This medicine is home-confected" [syn: confect, confection, comfit].
Confection (n.) A composition of different materials. [Obs.]
A new confection of mold. -- Bacon.
Confection (n.) A preparation of fruits or roots, etc., with sugar; a sweetmeat.
Certain confections . . . are like to candied conserves, and are made of sugar and lemons. -- Bacon.
Confection (n.) A composition of drugs. -- Shak.
Confection (n.) (Med.) A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey.
Note: The pharmacop[oe]ias formerly made a distinction between conserves (made of fresh vegetable substances and sugar) and electuaries (medicinal substances combined with sirup or honey), but the distinction is now abandoned and all are called confections.
Confection (n.) A food rich in sugar [syn: sweet, confection].
Confection (n.) The act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components [syn: confection, concoction].
Confection (v.) Make into a confection; "This medicine is home-confected" [syn: confect, confection, comfit].
Confectionary (n.) A confectioner. [Obs.]
He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks. -- 1 Sam. viii. 13.
Confectionary (a.) Prepared as a confection.
The biscuit or confectionary plum. -- Cowper.
Confectionary (n.) A confectioner's shop [syn: confectionery, confectionary, candy store].
Confectioner (n.) A compounder. [Obs.]
Canidia Neapolitana was confectioner of unguents. -- Haywood.
Confectioner (n.) One whose occupation it is to make or sell confections, candies, etc.
Confectioner (n.) Someone who makes candies and other sweets [syn: confectioner, candymaker].
Confectionery (n.) （總稱）糕點糖果；糕點糖果製造；糖果糕點店 Sweetmeats, in general; things prepared and sold by a confectioner; confections; candies.
Confectionery (n.) A place where candies, sweetmeats, and similar things are made or sold.
Confectionery (n.) Candy and other sweets considered collectively; "the business decided to concentrate on confectionery and soft drinks."
Confectionery (n.) A confectioner's shop [syn: {confectionery}, {confectionary}, {candy store}].
Confectionery (n.) The occupation and skills of a confectioner.
Confectory (a.) Pertaining to the art of making sweetmeats. [Obs.] -- Beaumont.
Confecture (n.) Same as Confiture. [Obs.]