CANDY
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Can"dy (kăn"dӗ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Candied (kăn"d&ē;d); p. pr & vb. n. Candying.] [F. candir (cf. It. candire, Sp. azúcar cande or candi), fr. Ar. & Pers. qand, fr. Skr. Kha&nsdot_;&dsdot_;da piece, sugar in pieces or lumps, fr. kha&nsdot_;&dsdot_;, kha&dsdot_; to break.] 1. To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger.
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2. To make sugar crystals of or in; to form into a mass resembling candy; as, to candy sirup.
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3. To incrust with sugar or with candy, or with that which resembles sugar or candy.
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Those frosts that winter brings
Which candy every green.
Drayson.
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Can"dy (kăn"dӗ), v. i. 1. To have sugar crystals form in or on; as, fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.
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2. To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.
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Can"dy n. [F. candi. See Candy, v. t.] 1. Any sweet, more or less solid article of confectionery, especially those prepared in small bite-sized pieces or small bars, having a wide variety of shapes, consistencies, and flavors, and manufactured in a variety of ways. It is often flavored or colored, or covered with chocolate, and sometimes contains fruit, nuts, etc.; it is often made by boiling sugar or molasses to the desired consistency, and than crystallizing, molding, or working in the required shape. Other types may consist primarily of chocolate or a sweetened gelatin. The term may be applied to a single piece of such confection or to the substance of which it is composed.
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2. Cocaine. [slang]
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‖Candy, n. [Mahratta kha&nsdot_;&dsdot_;&ī;, Tamil ka&nsdot_;&dsdot_;i.] A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds.
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