'Candying' definitions:
Definition of 'Candying'
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]
Words containing 'Candying'
- Candied,
- Candy,
- Rock candy,
- Sugar candy,
- barley candy,
- candied apple,
- candied fruit,
- candy apple,
- candy bar,
- candy cane,
- candy corn,
- candy egg,
- candy kiss,
- candy store,
- candy striper,
- candy thermometer,
- chocolate candy,
- cotton candy,
- eye candy,
- hard candy,
- mint candy,
- nose candy,
- peppermint candy,
- candied citrus peel,
- candy-like,
- candy-scented