'Candied' definitions:

Definition of 'candied'

From: WordNet
adjective
Encrusted with sugar or syrup; "candied grapefruit peel" [syn: candied, sugar-coated]
adjective
(used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar [syn: candied, crystalized, crystalised, glace]

Definition of 'Candied'

From: GCIDE
  • Candied \Can"died\, a. [From 1st Candy.]
  • 1. Preserved in or with sugar; incrusted with a candylike substance; as, candied fruits. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Covered or incrusted with that which resembles sugar or candy. [1913 Webster]
  • Will the cold brook, Candiedwith ice, caudle thy morning tast? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. smoothly coated with crystals of sugar; -- used especially of fruits; as, a candied apple.
  • Syn: candied, crystallized, glac['e], glac['e]ed. [WordNet 1.5]

Definition of 'Candied'

From: GCIDE
  • Candy \Can"dy\ (k[a^]n"d[y^]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Candied (k[a^]n"d[=e]d); 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][dsdot]da piece, sugar in pieces or lumps, fr. kha[.n][dsdot], kha[dsdot] to break.]
  • 1. To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To make sugar crystals of or in; to form into a mass resembling candy; as, to candy sirup. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To incrust with sugar or with candy, or with that which resembles sugar or candy. [1913 Webster]
  • Those frosts that winter brings Which candy every green. --Drayson. [1913 Webster]

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