||Candy , n. [Mahratta khan.d.ī, Tamil kan.d.i.]
A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds.
Can"dy n. [F. candi. See Candy, v. t.]
A more or less
solid article of confectionery made by boiling sugar or molasses to the desired consistency, and than crystallizing, molding, or working in
the required shape. It is often flavored or colored, and sometimes contains fruit,
nuts, etc.
Can"dy (?), v. 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.
Can"dy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Candied (?); p. pr &
vb. n. Candying.]
[F. candir (cf. It.
candire, Sp. azúcar cande or candi), fr. Ar. & Pers. qand, fr. Skr. Khan.d.da piece, sugar in pieces or lumps, fr. khan.d., khad. 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.
Hear it pronounced