confecting, vbl. n.
(kənˈfɛktɪŋ)
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. confect.
| 1626 Bacon Sylva §998 The Confecting of the Ointment. a 1641 Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. 233 He found out a confecting of wafers or cracknels, for Augustus. 1863 Sala Capt. Dang. I. i. 21 She had an exquisitely..quick hand for..confecting of diaplasms, pomanders, and other sweet essences. |