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-1 n. கற்கண்டு, (வி.) சர்க்கரை படிவி, சர்க்கரையிலிட்டுப் பதனப்படுத்து, சர்க்கரையை மணிக்கண்டுருவாக்கு, மணியுருவாகு.-2 n. கண்டி, பாரம், இருபது மடங்கு கொண்ட எடை.


Can"dy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Candied; p. pr & vb. n. Candying.] Etym: [F. candir (cf. It. candire, Sp. azúcar cande or candi), fr. Ar. & Pers. qand, fr. Skr. Khan\'c8da piece, sugar in pieces or lumps, fr. khan\'c8, khad 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. Can"dy, v. i. 1. To have sugar crystals form in or on; as, fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time. 2. To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass. Can"dy n. Etym: [F. candi. See Candy, v. t.] Defn: A more or less solid article of confectionery made by boiling sugar or molasses to the desired consistency, and than crystallizing, molding, or working in the required shape. It is often flavored or colored, and sometimes contains fruit, nuts, etc. Candy, n. Etym: [Mahratta khan\'c8i, Tamil kan\'c8i.] Defn: A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds. Can"dy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Candied; p. pr & vb. n. Candying.] Etym: [F. candir (cf. It. candire, Sp. azúcar cande or candi), fr. Ar. & Pers. qand, fr. Skr. Khan\'c8da piece, sugar in pieces or lumps, fr. khan\'c8, khad 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. Can"dy, v. i. 1. To have sugar crystals form in or on; as, fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time. 2. To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass. Can"dy n. Etym: [F. candi. See Candy, v. t.] Defn: A more or less solid article of confectionery made by boiling sugar or molasses to the desired consistency, and than crystallizing, molding, or working in the required shape. It is often flavored or colored, and sometimes contains fruit, nuts, etc. Candy, n. Etym: [Mahratta khan\'c8i, Tamil kan\'c8i.] Defn: A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds.


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