GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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    Fondant , n. [F., lit., melting, p. pr. of fondre to melt, L. fundere. See Found to cast.] A kind of soft candy, made of a thick creamy sugar paste by boiling solutions to the point of crystallization, and usually molded; as, cherry fondant.
    Webster 1913 Suppl.
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