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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1549, 1607-1620
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Confectit, Confekkit, ppl. a. Also: confecit. [Cf. Confect p.p.] Confected; prepared as a confect.1549 Complaynte of Scotland 145/23.
At that tyme the pepil drank nothir vyne nor beir, nor na vthir confekkit drynkis 1607 Misc. Maitl. C. I. 169.
Twa pund of dry confectit orenges 1607 Ib.
Twa pund of dry confecit cors de seturn 1607 Ib. 170.
Twa pund of wet confecit abrecois 1616 Edinburgh Testaments XLIX. 160 b.
Thrie pund wecht confectit ginger 1620 Grant Chart. 329.
To Iohnne Meene, merchand, for confectit reasour berreis send to the laird when he was seik
