candy

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

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 ]

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 ]