Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Candy \Candy\, n. [Mahratta kha[.n][.d][=i], Tamil ka[.n][.d]i.]
   A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds.

Candy \Can"dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Candied}; 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][.d]da
   piece, sugar in pieces or lumps, fr. kha[.n][.d], kha[.d] 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.

Candy \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.

Candy \Can"dy\ n. [F. candi. See {Candy}, v. t.]
   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.

Source : WordNet®

candy
     n : a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with
         fruit or nuts
     [also: {candied}]

candy
     v : coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze [syn:
         {sugarcoat}, {glaze}]
     [also: {candied}]