candy \can"dy\ ka^n"dy^, v. t. imp.  p. p. candied
   ka^n"d=ed; p. pr  vb. n. candying. f. candir cf.
   it. candire, sp. az'ucar cande or candi, fr. ar.  pers.
   qand, fr. skr. kha.ndsdotda piece, sugar in pieces or
   lumps, fr. kha.ndsdot, khadsdot 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
see also:
candied candying