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Sweetmeat
Pronunciation : Sweet"meat`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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?l.)
Defn: A boat shell (Crepidula fornicata) of the American coast. [Local, U.S.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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