sweetmeat Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a sweetened delicacy (as a preserve or pastry)

WordNet

Sweet"meat` noun
Definitions
  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. (Zoöl.) A boat shell (Crepidula fornicata) of the American coast. Local, U.S.

Webster 1913