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  1. 1. v. t. To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To make sugar crystals of or in; to form into a mass resembling candy; as, to candy sirup. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To incrust with sugar or with candy, or with that which resembles sugar or candy. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. i. To have sugar crystals form in or on; as, fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. i. To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. t. 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. Source: opted
  7. 7. n. A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds. Source: opted
  8. 8. n. a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts Source: wordnet
  9. 9. v. coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze Source: wordnet
  10. 10. 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. 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. 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. A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds. Source: webster
  11. 11. A more or less solid article of confectionery made by boilingsugar or molasses to the desired consistency, and than crystallizing,molding, or working in the required shape. It is often flavored orcolored, and sometimes contains fruit, nuts, etc. Source: adambom
  12. 12. v:2/n:98 n. a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts Source: ecdict

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