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Definition of Rock candy
1. Noun. Hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint).
2. Noun. Sugar in large hard clear crystals on a string.
Definition of Rock candy
1. Noun. (American English) a confectionary made by crystallizing sugar around a string ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rock Candy
Literary usage of Rock candy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of Pure Food and Drugs, National and State: With Appendices by William Wheeler Thornton (1912)
"rock candy Drips and Whisky. A liquid was labeled "rock candy Drips and Whisky."
It contained 27.2 percent by volume of alcohol. ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1898)
"Circ., Aug., 1897, 216), the claim is brought forward that rock-candy syrup is
not alone fully equal, but superior to any syrup that can be made direct from ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1898)
"Circ., Aug., 1897, 216), the claim is brought forward that rock-candy syrup is
not alone fully equal, but superior to any syrup that can be made direct from ..."
4. The Artizans' Guide and Everybody's Assistant: Containing Over Three by Richard Moore (1873)
"To make fine rock candy, clarify double refined white sugar, filter it, ...
Straw-coloured rock candy is made by substituting brown for loaf sugar. ..."
5. Bulletin of Pharmacy (1897)
"makers of rock candy, and is not sold elsewhere. The resulting syrup is made by
dissolving the sugar in pure filtered water at a temperature not exceeding ..."
6. Our Wonderful Progress: The World's Triumphant Knowledge and Works : a Vast by Trumbull White (1902)
"It requires strong teeth to break up rock candy in the mouth, ... The manufacturer
of rock candy begins with refined granulated sugar of the best quality. ..."
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