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Webster 1913 Edition

Candy

Can′dy

(kăn′dy̆)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Candied
(kăn′dēd)
;
p. pr & vb. n.
Candying
.]
[F.
candir
(cf. It.
candire
, Sp.
azúcar cande
or
candi
), fr. Ar. & Pers.
qand
, fr. Skr.
Khaṇḍda
piece, sugar in pieces or lumps, fr.
khaṇḍ
,
khaḍ
to break.]
1.
To conserve or boil in sugar;
as, to
candy
fruits; to
candy
ginger
.
2.
To make sugar crystals of or in; to form into a mass resembling candy;
as, to
candy
sirup
.
3.
To incrust with sugar or with candy, or with that which resembles sugar or candy.
Those frosts that winter brings
Which
candy
every green.
Drayson.

Can′dy

(kăn′dy̆)
,
Verb.
I.
1.
To have sugar crystals form in or on;
as, fruits preserved in sugar
candy
after a time
.
2.
To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.
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Candy

,
Noun.
[Mahratta
khaṇḍī
, Tamil
kaṇḍi
.]
A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds.

Webster 1828 Edition

Candy

CANDY

, v.t.
1.
To conserve or dress with sugar; to boil in sugar.
2.
To from into congelations or crystals.
3.
To cover or incrust with congelations, or crystals of ice.

CANDY

,
Verb.
I.
To from into crystals, or become congealed; to take on the form of candied sugar.

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