‖ n. [ Mahratta kha&nsdot_;&dsdot_;ī, Tamil ka&nsdot_;&dsdot_;i. ] A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. Kha&nsdot_;&dsdot_;da piece, sugar in pieces or lumps, fr. kha&nsdot_;&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 ]

v. i. 1. To have sugar crystals form in or on; as, fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. Cocaine. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

n. a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature; -- called commonly cotton candy.
Syn. -- spun sugar. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. someone who makes candies and other sweets.
Syn. -- confectioner. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) An annual plant of the genus Iberis, cultivated in gardens. The name was originally given to the Iberis umbellata, first, discovered in the island of Candia (The Italian name for Crete). It is grown as an ornamental plant, having tufted red, violet, purple, or pink flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. bog plant (Polygala lutea) of pine barrens of southeastern U.S. having spikes of irregular yellow-orange flowers.
Syn. -- orange milkwort, yellow milkwort, yellow bachelor's button. [ WordNet 1.5 ]