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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.

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.

Let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp. --Shak.

3. Covered or incrusted with that which resembles sugar or candy.

Will the cold brook, Candiedwith ice, caudle thy morning tast? --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Candy \Can"dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Candied; 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][.d]da piece, sugar in pieces or lumps, fr. kha[.n][.d], kha[.d] 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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