Hard+biscuit

  • 1hard biscuit — Cracker …

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  • 2Biscuit — A biscuit (IPAEng|ˈbɪskɨt) is a small baked product; the exact meaning varies markedly in different parts of the world. The origin of the word biscuit is from Latin via Middle French and means cooked twice , hence biscotti in Italian (similar to… …

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  • 3Hard-tack — Hardtack Hard tack or Hard tack Hard tack (h[aum]rd t[a^]k ), n. 1. A name given by soldiers and sailors to a kind of unleavened hard biscuit or sea bread. Called also {pilot biscuit}, {pilot bread}, {ship biscuit} and {ship bread} [1913 Webster] …

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  • 4biscuit beetle — noun : drugstore beetle * * * biscuit beetle, a small, brown beetle which feeds on hard biscuit. It also feeds on stored provisions, tobacco, and drugs, and often infests drugstores …

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  • 5hard|tack — «HAHRD TAK», noun. a very hard, dry biscuit, eaten especially by sailors, and sometimes by soldiers; ship biscuit; pilot biscuit; sea biscuit; sea bread. Hardtack resists spoiling …

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  • 6Biscuit (disambiguation) — Biscuit, literally meaning twice baked, typically refers to various baked goods from different countries.Biscuit as a food may refer to:*Biscuit, in North America, a small, round, soft, moist, and cake shaped piece of quick bread *Cookie, a small …

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  • 7Biscuit — Bis cuit, n. [F. biscuit (cf. It. biscotto, Sp. bizcocho, Pg. biscouto), fr. L. bis twice + coctus, p. p. of coquere to cook, bake. See {Cook}, and cf. {Bisque} a kind of porcelain.] 1. A kind of unraised bread, of many varieties, plain, sweet,… …

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  • 8Hard Tack — may refer to:*Hard Tack (horse) *Hardtack, a kind of biscuit …

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  • 9biscuit — biscuitlike, adj. /bis kit/, n. 1. a kind of bread in small, soft cakes, raised with baking powder or soda, or sometimes with yeast. 2. Chiefly Brit. a. a dry and crisp or hard bread in thin, flat cakes, made without yeast or other raising agent; …

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  • 10hard — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 (of a substance, material, etc.) firm and solid; unyielding to pressure; not easily cut. 2 a difficult to understand or explain (a hard problem). b difficult to accomplish (a hard decision). c (foll. by to + infin.) not… …

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