CPage 53
- English Word Candlefish Definition The beshow.
- English Word Candleholder Definition One who, or that which, holds a candle; also, one who assists another, but is otherwise not of importance.
- English Word Candlelight Definition The light of a candle.
- English Word Candlemas Definition The second day of February, on which is celebrated the feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary; -- so called because the candles for the altar or other sacred uses are blessed on that day.
- English Word Candlestick Definition An instrument or utensil for supporting a candle.
- English Word Candlewaster Definition One who consumes candles by being up late for study or dissipation.
- English Word Candock Definition A plant or weed that grows in rivers; a species of Equisetum; also, the yellow frog lily (Nuphar luteum).
- English Word Candor Definition Whiteness; brightness; (as applied to moral conditions) usullied purity; innocence.
- English Word Candor Definition A disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom from prejudice or disguise; frankness; sincerity.
- English Word Candroy Definition A machine for spreading out cotton cloths to prepare them for printing.
- English Word Candy Definition To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger.
- English Word Candy Definition To make sugar crystals of or in; to form into a mass resembling candy; as, to candy sirup.
- English Word Candy Definition To incrust with sugar or with candy, or with that which resembles sugar or candy.
- English Word Candy Definition To have sugar crystals form in or on; as, fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.
- English Word Candy Definition To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.
- English Word Candy Definition 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.
- English Word Candy Definition A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds.
- English Word Candying Definition of Candy
- English Word Candytuft Definition 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.
- English Word Cane Definition A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and Daemanorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans.