Emily Dickinson Lexicon

COM'FIT, or COM'FIT-URE, n. [D. konfyt; G. confect; Dan. confect; Fr. confit, confiture; It. confetto, confettura, or confezione; Sp. confite; Port. confeito; from the L. confectura, confectus, conficio, con and facio, to make.]

A dry sweet-meat; any kind of fruit or root preserved with sugar and dried. – Johnson.