Biscuit
Biscuit ({not transcribed}) , noun
[French biscuit (compare Italian biscotto, Sp. bizcocho, Portuguese biscouto), from Latin bis twice + coctus, past participle of coquere to cook, bake. See Cook, and compare Bisque a kind of porcelain.]
1.
A kind of unraised bread, of many varieties, plain, sweet, or fancy, formed into flat cakes, and bakes hard; as, ship biscuit.
According to military practice, the bread or biscuit of the Romans was twice prepared in the oven.
2.
A small loaf or cake of bread, raised and shortened, or made light with soda or baking powder. Usually a number are baked in the same pan, forming a sheet or card.
3.
Earthen ware or porcelain which has undergone the first baking, before it is subjected to the glazing.
4.
(Sculpture) A species of white, unglazed porcelain, in which vases, figures, and groups are formed in miniature.
Collocations (1)
Meat biscuit , an alimentary preparation consisting of matters extracted from meat by boiling, or of meat ground fine and combined with flour, so as to form biscuits.