† sugar-candian Obs.
Etymologizing alteration of sugar-candy as if f. Candia, Crete. (Cf. med.L. sucura de candia, MLG. sucker van kandea.)
In J. Taylor (Water-P.) Pennyless Pilgr. (1618) F 3 ‘Sugar-carrion’ has been altered by editors to ‘Sugar-candian’.
| 1597 Bp. Hall Sat. ii. iv, If not a dramme of Triacle soueraigne, Or Aqua vitæ, or Sugar Candian,..can it remedie. |