sugarcandy

The _inferior caked tea_, sugarcandy, silk dresses, straw hats, and caps are procurable, but at a high price.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

The following is one of our experiments so conducted: —On April 16th, 1860, we sowed a trace of beer yeast (“high” yeast) in 200 cc. (7 fl. oz.) of a saccharine liquid containing 1.720 grammes (26.2 grains) of sugarcandy.

I. The Physiological Theory Of Fermentation. On the Relations Existing Between Oxygen and Yeast 1909

Lambs, fruits, and sugarcandy, the usual offerings on such occasions, flowed in to superfluity, to the great delight of the array of Persian servants by whom we were surrounded, though certainly not served.

Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia 1856

At nine o'clock one of the staff of the Foreign Office, conducting some twenty ferashes laden with immense trays containing sugarloaves, sugarcandy, and sweetmeats, presented himself to offer the good wishes of the Shah for the coming year.

Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia 1856

But he liked to think how Laura would put out her lips and her tiny hands for the bits of sugarcandy; and to give the greater keenness to these pleasures of imagination, he took out the parcel, made a small hole in the paper, and bit off a crystal or two, which had so solacing an effect under the confined prospect and damp odors of the gig-umbrella, that he repeated the process more than once on his way.

III. The New Schoolfellow. Book II—School-Time 1917

[a] the best and safest remedie which I knowe, and this it is: Take of the distilled waters of verueine, bettonie, and fennell one ounce and a halfe, then take one ounce of white wine, one drachme of Tutia (if you may easilie come by it) two drachmes of sugarcandy, one drachme of Aloes

Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

But he liked to think how Laura would put out her lips and her tiny hands for the bits of sugarcandy; and to give the greater keenness to these pleasures of imagination, he took out the parcel, made a small hole in the paper, and bit off a crystal or two, which had so solacing an effect under the confined prospect and damp odors of the gig-umbrella, that he repeated the process more than once on his way.

The Mill on the Floss George Eliot 1849

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