\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.

\Can"dy\, 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.

\Can"dy\ n. [F. candi. See {Candy}, 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.

\Candy\, n. [Mahratta kha[.n][.d][=i], Tamil ka[.n][.d]i.]
A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds.