Helen Fenton

Candy: Definition and part of speech

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Candy

  1. n. A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds.
  2. v. t. To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger.
  3. v. t. To make sugar crystals of or in; to form into a mass resembling candy; as, to candy sirup.
  4. v. t. To incrust with sugar or with candy, or with that which resembles sugar or candy.
  5. v. i. To have sugar crystals form in or on; as, fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.
  6. v. i. To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.
  7. 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.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Candytuft: Definition and part of speech

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Candytuft

  1. n. An annual plant of the genus Iberis, cultivated in gardens. The name was originally given to the I. umbellata, first, discovered in the island of Candia.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cancriform: Definition and part of speech

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Cancriform

  1. a. Like a cancer; cancerous.
  2. a. Having the form of, or resembling, a crab; crab-shaped.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cancrinite: Definition and part of speech

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Cancrinite

  1. n. A mineral occurring in hexagonal crystals, also massive, generally of a yellow color, containing silica, alumina, lime, soda, and carbon dioxide.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cancroid: Definition and part of speech

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Cancroid

  1. a. Like a cancer; as, a cancroid tumor.
  2. a. Resembling a crab; pertaining to the Cancroidea, one of the families of crabs, including the genus Cancer.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.