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verb

Candy v. t. (past & past part. candied; pres. part. candying)

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."

Candy 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.

adjective

Candied adj.

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."

3.

Covered or incrusted with that which resembles sugar or candy. "Will the cold brook, Candiedwith ice, caudle thy morning tast?"

4.

Smoothly coated with crystals of sugar; used especially of fruits; as, a candied apple.

Synonyms: candied, crystallized, glacé, glacéed.

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Etymology of 'Candied'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Candied" Quotes from Famous Books

... layer of chocolate creams and caramels, marshmallows and candied violets, burnt almonds and nougat, besides a score of other things—specimens of the confectioner's art for which she knew no name. She had seen the outside of such boxes in the show-cases in Phoenix, but never before ...

— The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor • Annie Fellows Johnston

... deceivers as a rule, And trust them far you never can; Though at confectioner's sometimes You may unearth a candied man! ...

— The New Pun Book • Thomas A. Brown and Thomas Joseph Carey

... BOREHAM writes in answer to SNOW-FLAKE that the way to make almond rock is to cut in small slices three-quarters of a pound of sweet almonds, half a pound of candied peel, and two ounces of citron; add one pound and a half of sugar, a quarter of a pound of flour, and the whites of six eggs. Roll the mixture into small-sized balls and lay them on wafer paper about an inch apart. Bake them in a moderate oven until ...

— Little Folks (October 1884) - A Magazine for the Young • Various

... performance given by William II, proves by its very nature that not a single Frenchman had anything to do with its selection. In its form and substance, and in the taste which it displayed, it is a typically German present, this casket of green plush full of candied fruits. No doubt, the Empress will be delighted and ...

— The Schemes of the Kaiser • Juliette Adam

... Flowers from their Colour are commonly call'd Blew-bottles, and Corn-weed from their Growing among Corn[18]. These Flowers some Ladies do, upon the account of their Lovely Colour, think worth the being Candied, which when they are, they will long retain so fair a Colour, as makes them a very fine Sallad in the Winter. But I have try'd, that when they are freshly gather'd, they will afford a Juice, which when newly express'd, ...

— Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664) • Robert Boyle

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