CONFECTION

confection. confection, compounding, making or mingling.

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Confection. Confection
(Ex. 30:35, “ointment” in ver. 25; R.V., “perfume”). The Hebrew word so rendered is derived from a root meaning to compound oil and perfume.

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Con‐fec″tion (?), n. [[F., fr. L. confectio.]] 1. 1. A composition of different materials.
A new confection of mold. Bacon. 2. 2. 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. 3. 3. A composition of drugs. Shak.
4. 4. (Med.) A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey.
☞ The pharmacopœias 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.