Quid'da-ny, n.

n. [Lat. cydoneum, quince-juice, quince-wine, from cydonius or cydonia arbor, a quince-tree, cydonia, cotonia, cotonea, a quince or quince-apple, from Cydonius, Cydonian, from Cydonia or Cydon, Gr. Κυδωνία, a town on the north coast of Crete; Gr. Κυδωνία μῆλον, Cydonian apple, quince; O. H. Ger. chūtīna, kūtina, M. H. Ger. quiten, quitten, O. Ger. quide, quidde, quede, quette, N. H. Ger. quitte, a quince.] A confection of quinces, in consistency between a sirup and marmalade. Dunton.