n. One born in Africa, the offspring of a white father and a “colored” mother. Also, and now commonly in Southern Africa, a native born of European settlers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Fluor spar. See Kand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the System International d'Unites.
Syn. -- candle, cd, standard candle. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a branched, ornamental candlestick having several sockets for candles.
Syn. -- candelabrum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a branched, ornamental electric light fixture, resembling an candelabra[ wn1 ], having several sockets for lights.
Syn. -- candelabrum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>n.; pl. L. Candelabra E. Candelabrums [ L., fr. candela candle. See candle. ] 1. (Antiq.) (a) A lamp stand of any sort. (b) A highly ornamented stand of marble or other ponderous material, usually having three feet, -- frequently a votive offering to a temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A large candlestick, having several branches; also called candelabra. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. either of two Mexican shrubs Pedilanthus bracteatus or Pedilanthus pavonis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a wax-coated shrub (Euphorbia antisyphilitica) of northern Mexico and the southwestern U.S. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. candens, p. pr. of candëre to glitter. See Candid. ] Heated to whiteness; glowing with heat. “A candent vessel.” Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. An East Indian resin, of a pellucid white color, from which small ornaments and toys are sometimes made. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Incandescence. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. candescens, -entis, p. pr. of candescere, v. incho. fr. candere to shine. ] Glowing; luminous; incandescent. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. candicans, p. pr. of candicare to be whitish. ] Growing white. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. candide (cf. It. candido), L. candidus white, fr. candēre to be of a glowing white; akin to accend&ebreve_;re, incend&ebreve_;re, to set on fire, Skr. chand to shine. Cf. Candle, Incense. ] 1. White. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The box receives all black; but poured from thence,
The stones came candid forth, the hue of innocence. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge according to truth and justice, or without partiality or prejudice; fair; just; impartial; as, a candid opinion. “Candid and dispassionate men.” W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Open; frank; ingenuous; outspoken.

Syn. -- Fair; open; ingenuous; impartial; just; frank; artless; unbiased; equitable. -- Candid, Fair, Open, Frank, Ingenuous. A man is fair when he puts things on a just or equitable footing; he is candid when be looks impartially on both sides of a subject, doing justice especially to the motives and conduct of an opponent; he is open and frank when he declares his sentiments without reserve; he is ingenuous when he does this from a noble regard for truth. Fair dealing; candid investigation; an open temper; a frank disposition; an ingenuous answer or declaration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The position of a candidate; state of being a candidate; candidateship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Candidatus, n. (because candidates for office in Rome were clothed in a white toga.) fr. candidatus clothed in white, fr. candiduslittering, white: cf. F. candidat. ] One who offers himself, or is put forward by others, as a suitable person or an aspirant or contestant for an office, privilege, or honor; as, a candidate for the office of governor; a candidate for holy orders; a candidate for scholastic honors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Candidacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement. [ Cant, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Candidacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an infection caused by fungi of the genera Monilia or Candida, especially Candida albicans.
Syn. -- moniliasis, monilia disease. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In a candid manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being candid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From 1st Candy. ] 1. Preserved in or with sugar; incrusted with a candylike substance; as, candied fruits. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (a) Converted wholly or partially into sugar or candy; as candied sirup. (b) Conted or more or less with sugar; as, candidied raisins. (c) Figuratively; Honeyed; sweet; flattering. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Covered or incrusted with that which resembles sugar or candy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Will the cold brook,
Candiedwith ice, caudle thy morning tast? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. smoothly coated with crystals of sugar; -- used especially of fruits; as, a candied apple.
Syn. -- candied, crystallized, glacé, glacéed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. or v. i. [ L. candificare; candëre to be white + -facere to make. ] To make or become white, or candied. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. candiote. ] Of or pertaining to Candia; Cretary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A variety of spinel, of a dark color, found at Candy, in Ceylon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. candel, candel, AS, candel, fr. L. candela a (white) light made of wax or tallow, fr. candëre to be white. See Candid, and cf. Chandler, Cannel, Kindle. ] 1. A slender, cylindrical body of tallow, containing a wick composed of loosely twisted linen of cotton threads, and used to furnish light. [ 1913 Webster ]

How far that little candle throws his beams!
So shines a good deed in a naughty world. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Candles are usually made by repeatedly dipping the wicks in the melted tallow, etc. (“dipped candles”), or by casting or running in a mold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which gives light; a luminary. [ 1913 Webster ]

By these blessed candles of the night. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Candle nut, the fruit of a euphorbiaceous shrub (Aleurites triloba), a native of some of the Pacific islands; -- socalled because, when dry, it will burn with a bright flame, and is used by the natives as a candle. The oil has many uses. --
Candle power (Photom.), illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard candle. --
Electric candle, A modification of the electric arc lamp, in which the carbon rods, instead of being placed end to end, are arranged side by side, and at a distance suitable for the formation of the arc at the tip; -- called also, from the name of the inventor, Jablockoff candle. --
Excommunication by inch of candle, a form of excommunication in which the offender is allowed time to repent only while a candle burns. --
Not worth the candle, not worth the cost or trouble. --
Rush candle, a candle made of the pith of certain rushes, peeled except on one side, and dipped in grease. --
Sale by inch of candle, an auction in which persons are allowed to bid only till a small piece of candle burns out. --
Standard candle (Photom.), a special form of candle employed as a standard in photometric measurements; usually, a candle of spermaceti so constructed as to burn at the rate of 120 grains, or 7.8 grams, per hour. --
To curse by bell, book and candle. See under Bell. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles; -- also called bayberry tree, bayberry, or candleberry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A small glass bubble, filled with water, which, if placed in the flame of a candle, bursts by expansion of steam. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A pasteboard shell used in signaling. It is filled with a composition which makes a brilliant light when it explodes. Farrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Cannel coal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) A marine fish (Thaleichthys Pacificus), allied to the smelt, found on the north Pacific coast; -- called also eulachon. It is so oily that, when dried, it may be used as a candle, by drawing a wick through it. (b) The beshow. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Photom.) The illumination produced by a British standard candle at a distance of one foot; -- used as a unit of illumination. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One who, or that which, holds a candle; also, one who assists another, but is otherwise not of importance. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The light of a candle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Never went by candlelight to bed. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a person who makes or sells candles. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ AS. candelmæsse, candel candle + mæsse mass. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Photom.) The illumination given by a standard candle at a distance of one meter; -- used as a unit of illumination, except in Great Britain. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. The fruit of a euphorbiaceous tree or shrub (Aleurites moluccana), native of some of the Pacific islands. It is used by the natives as a candle, the nut kernels being strung together. The oil from the nut (
candlenut oil or
kekune oil) has many uses, including as a varnish.
Syn. -- varnish tree. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. The tree itself (Aleurites moluccana). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Tenpins) (a) A form of bowling pin slender and nearly straight like a candle. (b) The game played with such pins; -- in form candlepins, used as a singular. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Photom.) luminous intensity; illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, measured in candelas, referring to the light of a standard candle. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ AS. candel-sticca; candel candle + sticca stick. ] An instrument or utensil for supporting a candle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who consumes candles by being up late for study or dissipation. [ 1913 Webster ]

A bookworm, a candlewaster. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>n. [ Prob. fr. can + dock (the plant). Cf. G. kannenkraut horsetail, lit. “canweed.” ] (Bot.) A plant or weed that grows in rivers; a species of Equisetum; also, the yellow frog lily (Nuphar luteum). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also candour. ] [ L. candor, fr. candëre; cf. F. candeur. See candid. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Whiteness; brightness; (as applied to moral conditions) usullied purity; innocence. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor yor unquestioned integrity
Shall e'er be sullied with one taint or spot
That may take from your innocence and candor. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom from prejudice or disguise; frankness; sincerity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Attribute superior sagacity and candor to those who held that side of the question. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A machine for spreading out cotton cloths to prepare them for printing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Candied p. pr & vb. n. Candying. ] [ F. candir (cf. It. candire, Sp. azúcar cande or candi), fr. Ar. & Pers. qand, fr. Skr. Kha&nsdot_;&dsdot_;da piece, sugar in pieces or lumps, fr. kha&nsdot_;&dsdot_;, kha&dsdot_; to break. ] 1. To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make sugar crystals of or in; to form into a mass resembling candy; as, to candy sirup. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To incrust with sugar or with candy, or with that which resembles sugar or candy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those frosts that winter brings
Which candy every green. Drayson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To have sugar crystals form in or on; as, fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. candi. See Candy, v. t. ] 1. Any sweet, more or less solid article of confectionery, especially those prepared in small bite-sized pieces or small bars, having a wide variety of shapes, consistencies, and flavors, and manufactured in a variety of ways. It is often flavored or colored, or covered with chocolate, and sometimes contains fruit, nuts, etc.; it is often made by boiling sugar or molasses to the desired consistency, and than crystallizing, molding, or working in the required shape. Other types may consist primarily of chocolate or a sweetened gelatin. The term may be applied to a single piece of such confection or to the substance of which it is composed. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. Cocaine. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

‖ n. [ Mahratta kha&nsdot_;&dsdot_;ī, Tamil ka&nsdot_;&dsdot_;i. ] A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature; -- called commonly cotton candy.
Syn. -- spun sugar. [ WordNet 1.5 ]