5 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Candy \Can"dy\ (k[a^]n"d[y^]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Candied} (k[a^]n"d[=e]d); p. pr & vb. n. {Candying}.] [F. candir (cf. It. candire, Sp. az['u]car cande or candi), fr. Ar. & Pers. qand, fr. Skr. Kha[.n][dsdot]da piece, sugar in pieces or lumps, fr. kha[.n][dsdot], kha[dsdot] to break.] 1. To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger. [1913 Webster] 2. To make sugar crystals of or in; to form into a mass resembling candy; as, to candy sirup. [1913 Webster] 3. To incrust with sugar or with candy, or with that which resembles sugar or candy. [1913 Webster] Those frosts that winter brings Which candy every green. --Drayson. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Candied \Can"died\, a. [From 1st {Candy}.] 1. Preserved in or with sugar; incrusted with a candylike substance; as, candied fruits. [1913 Webster] 2. (a) Converted wholly or partially into sugar or candy; as candied sirup. (b) Conted or more or less with sugar; as, candidied raisins. (c) Figuratively; Honeyed; sweet; flattering. [1913 Webster] Let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Covered or incrusted with that which resembles sugar or candy. [1913 Webster] Will the cold brook, Candiedwith ice, caudle thy morning tast? --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. smoothly coated with crystals of sugar; -- used especially of fruits; as, a candied apple. Syn: candied, crystallized, glac['e], glac['e]ed. [WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: candied adj 1: encrusted with sugar or syrup; "candied grapefruit peel" [syn: {sugar-coated}] 2: used especially of fruits [syn: {crystalized}, {crystalised}, {glace}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: candy n : a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts v : coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze [syn: {sugarcoat}, {glaze}] [also: {candied}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: candied See {candy}
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