Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CAN'DY, v.t. [It. candire, to candy, to preserve; candito, candied; Fr. candir. This seems not to be the Latin condio, for the Italian has also condire. Possibly it may be from L. candeo, to be white. But in Ar. قَنْدٌ kand, kandon, is the saccharine matter of the sugar-cane, or concrete sugar, and it is the same in Persian; Sans. khand.]

1. To conserve or dress with sugar; to boil in sugar.
2. To form into congelations or crystals. – Shak.
3. To cover or incrust with congelations, or crystals of ice. – Dryden.