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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
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] | ||
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