sb. Obs. Also 7 quiddanet, -onie, quidenie, 7–8 quiddeny, -ony, 8 quidony. [ad. obs. F. codignat, condoignac, etc. (mod.F. cotignac, It. cotognato) = med.L. codōniātum, var. of cydōniātum, f. L. cydōnia: see QUINCE, and cf. CODINIAC, COTINIATE, QUINDINIAC.] A thick fruit-syrup or jelly; orig. and properly, one made from quinces.
1616. Bullokar, Eng. Expos., Quiddanet, a sweete mixture thicker than a sirupe, and not so thicke nor stiffe as marmalet.
1638. trans. Bacon’s Life & Death (1651), 42. That which they call Quiddeny of Quinces.
a. 1655. Sir T. Mayerne, Archimag. Anglo-Gall., No. 150 (1658), 101. Boyle the Syrrup, untill it be as thicke as for quiddonie.
1695. Westmacott, Script. Herb., 203. Sloes in the form of a Quiddeny, or Marmalade.
1712. trans. Pomet’s Hist. Drugs, I. 133. It is us’d in Rob or Quiddony, made with Damask-Rose-Water.
1736. Bailey, Houshold Dict., 494. Quiddany of Quinces.
Hence † Quiddany v. trans., to make into a quiddany. (In quot. fig.)
1647. Ward, Simp. Cobler, 16. He will … Quidanye Christ with Sugar and Rats-bane.
