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pennet Obs. exc. local.|ˈpɛnɪt|
Forms: 5 penett(e, 6 pennutte, pennite, 6– pennet.
[f. as penide with change of suffix. Cf. OIt. peneto, It. pennito barley-sugar, OF. penites (1359 in Godef.).]
A piece or stick of barley-sugar (or some similar confection); = penide.
(In 19th c. a trade term for a sweetmeat of the toffee kind, flavoured with lemon, peppermint, etc.: see quot. 1883.)
1470–1in Mem. Ripon (Surtees) III. 216 Penettes, 4d. 1576Baker Jewell of Health 93 b, Take of Dates, of Reysins, of Pennites of Sugar..of eche six ounces. 1611Cotgr., Penide, a Pennet; the little wreath of sugar taken in a cold. 1616Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme 371 It serueth..for the making of Almond milke, Potage, Pennets, Marchpanes, and other such daintie deuises. [1883Huddersf. Gloss., Pennett, a kind of sweet, of the humbug species, cut in form like a double pyramid. 1887Label from Confectioner's Shop, Durham, Lemon Pennets.] |