Can″dy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Candied (?); p. pr & vb. n.Candying.] [F. candir (cf. It. candire, Sp. azúcar cande or candi), fr. Ar. & Pers. qand, fr. Skr. Khaṇḍda piece, sugar in pieces or lumps, fr. khaṇḍ, khaḍ 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.