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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1506, 1574-1608
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Confect, n. [e.m.E. (1587), med. L. confectum, -fecta. Cf. Confeit and Comfeit.] A confect, confection. 1506 Treasurer's Accounts III. 342.
Ane boyst of confectis 1574 Edinburgh Testaments III. 318 b.
Of scrotcheartis & confectis iiij dosane … buistis 1575 6th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. 657/2.
Of confectis vpoun cannell, iiij buistis 1594 Rep. Mar & Kellie MSS. 41.
The fisch day … to thair desertis, eggis, raisings, confectis, and aippillis 1597 Bk. Rates 3 b.
Confectis callit dry or weit, the pund 1607–8 Irvine Mun. II. 247.
For tua buistis of confectis
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