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English Dictionary: candied	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for candied
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
candied adj encrusted with sugar or syrup; "candied grapefruit peel" Synonym(s): candied, sugar-coated (used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar Synonym(s): candied, crystalized, crystalised, glace
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[a3]car cande or candi), fr. Ar. & Pers. qand, fr. Skr. Kha[c9][c8]da piece, sugar in pieces or lumps, fr. kha[c9][c8], kha[c8] 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.