n. A solid preparation or confection of sugar or molasses, or both, boiled, inspissated, and worked by pulling to a crystalline consistence, either alone or combined with flavoring and coloring substances; hence, any confection having sugar as its basis, however prepared. Candy made of or with molasses is specifically called molasses candy and taffy.Sugared; sweet.To form into congelations or crystals; congeal in a crystalline form or inspissated concretion: as, to candy sugar, honey, etc.To preserve or incrust with sugar, as fruits, by immersing them in it while boiling and removing them separately or in mass.To cover or incrust with concretions or crystals, as of ice.To take the form of, or become incrusted by, candied sugar: as, pre-serves candy with long keeping.To become crystallized or congealed.n. An East Indian unit of weight, usually 20 maunds, but sometimes 21 or 22, and varying in different localities and for every commodity.