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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sweetmeat 
  n  :  a  sweetened  delicacy  (as  a  preserve  or  pastry) 




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