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Candy

Căn'dy, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. CANDIED (kăn'did); p. pr. & vb. n. CANDYING.] [From candy, n., q. v.; Fr. candir, It. candire.]

Sense 1. To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger.

Sense 2. To form into congelations or crystals; as, to candy sugar. Shak.

Sense 3. To cover or incrust with congelations or crystals, as of ice.

The frosts that winter brings Which candy every green. Drayton.

Căn'dy, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. 1. To change into sugar; or become impregnated or covered with sugar by a process of change; as, preserves candy by long standing. 2. To be formed into candy or into congelations or crystals.

Căn'dy, n.

noun

n. [Fr. candi, sucre candi, Sp. candi, or azúcar cande, Pg. assúcar candi, candil, or cadde, It. candi, or zucchero candi, or zucchero candito, from Ar. & Per. gand, sugar, sugar-candy, from Skr. khand, a piece, sugar in pieces or lumps, sugar-cane, treacle, from khand, khad, to break.]

A preparation of sugar made by boiling and crystallizing sugar or sirup several times, to render it hard and transparent, and often flavored with various substances; a conserve, or confection of sugar.
A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds. [India.]