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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Candied \Can"died\, a. [From 1st {Candy}.] 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. --Shak. 3. Covered or incrusted with that which resembles sugar or candy. Will the cold brook, Candiedwith ice, caudle thy morning tast? --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Candy \Can"dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Candied}; p. pr & vb n. {Candying}.] [F. candir (cf. It candire, Sp az['u]car cande or candi), fr Ar & Pers. qand, fr Skr. Kha[.n][.d]da piece, sugar in pieces or lumps, fr kha[.n][.d], kha[.d] to break.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: candied adj 1: encrusted with sugar or syrup; "candied grapefruit peel" [syn: {sugar-coated}] 2: used especially of fruits [syn: {crystalized}, {glace}]
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