The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Candy \Can"dy\ (k[a^]n"d[y^]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Candied
   (k[a^]n"d[=e]d); 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][dsdot]da piece, sugar in pieces or
   lumps, fr. kha[.n][dsdot], kha[dsdot] to break.]
   1. To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to
      candy ginger.
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   2. To make sugar crystals of or in; to form into a mass
      resembling candy; as, to candy sirup.
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   3. To incrust with sugar or with candy, or with that which
      resembles sugar or candy.
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            Those frosts that winter brings
            Which candy every green.              --Drayson.
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