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Fluor spar. See Kand.

A large candlestick, having several branches.

Heated to whiteness; glowing with heat. "A candent vessel." Boyle.

An East Indian resin, of a pellucid white color, from which small ornaments and toys are sometimes made.

See Inclandescence.

Glowing; luminous; incandescent.

Growing white. [Obs.]

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

The position of a candidate; state of being a candidate; candidateship.

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.

Candidacy.

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

Candidacy.

In a candid manner.

The quality of being candid.

Preserved in or with sugar; incrusted with a candylike substance; as, candied fruits.

To make or become white, or candied. [R.]

Of or pertaining to Candia; Cretary.

A variety of spinel, of a dark color, found at Candy, in Ceylon.

f loosely twisted linen of cotton threads, and used to furnish light. How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. Shak.