candyv. t.[F. candir (cf. It. candire, Sp. azcar cande or candi), fr. Ar. & Pers. qand, fr. Skr. Khada piece, sugar in pieces or lumps, fr. kha, kha 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.)()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.()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.()2. Cocaine.()n.[Mahratta kha, Tamil kai.] A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds.()