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Definition of Comfits
1. comfit [n] - See also: comfit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Comfits
Literary usage of Comfits
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cook's Own Book: Being a Complete Culinary Encyclopedia... With Numerous by N. K. M. Lee (1832)
"... and three-quarters of a pound of caraway- comfits. Bake it. CARAWAY comfits.
Take some fine caraway seeds, sift all ihe dust from them ..."
2. Food and Its Adulterations: Comprising the Reports of the Analytical by Arthur Hill Hassall (1855)
"The comfits in this sample are all of a pale pink colour, the pigment mei ...
These comfits are all of a deep pink. The colour, which consists of a no«- ..."
3. Larcher's Notes on Herodotus: Historical and Critical Comments on the by Pierre-Henri Larcher (1844)
"... comes the French word ' dragées,' comfits). Trypho ' says, that formerly each
guest was served with his portion before he sat down to table, ..."
4. The New American Gardener, Containing Practical Directions on the Culture of by Thomas Green Fessenden (1842)
"crusted with sugar, are sold by the confectioners under the name of coriander
comfits. They are also used in the bitter infusions and preparations of senna, ..."
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