candy

Definitions

1. 1.To make sugar crystals of or in; to form into a mass resembling candy; as, to candy sirup.
2. 2.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.
3. 3.To have sugar crystals form in or on; as, fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.
4. 4.To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.
5. 5.A more or less solid article of confectionery made by boiling sugar or molasses to the desired consistency, and than crystallizing, molding, or working in the required shape. It is often flavored or colored, and sometimes contains fruit, nuts, etc.
6. 6.A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to make sugar crystals of or in; to form into a mass resembling candy; as, to candy sirup called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to have sugar crystals form in or on; as, fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time called?
• What is to be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass called?
• What is a weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds called?