Hypertext Webster Gateway: "candied"

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) 1.7 (wn)

candied
adj 1: encrusted with sugar or syrup; "candied grapefruit peel"
[syn: {sugar-coated}]
2: used especially of fruits [syn: {crystalized}, {crystalised},
{glace}]

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