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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.
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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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Candied \Can"died\, a. [From 1st {Candy}.]
1. Preserved in or with sugar; incrusted with a candylike
substance; as, candied fruits.
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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.
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Let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp. --Shak.
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3. Covered or incrusted with that which resembles sugar or
candy.
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Will the cold brook,
Candiedwith ice, caudle thy morning tast? --Shak.
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4. smoothly coated with crystals of sugar; -- used especially
of fruits; as, a candied apple.

Syn: candied, crystallized, glac['e], glac['e]ed.
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