01 n. A kind of unraised bread, of many varieties, plain, sweet, or fancy, formed into flat cakes, and bakes hard; as, ship biscuit.
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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.” — Gibbon.
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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.
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3.
Earthen ware or porcelain which has undergone the first baking, before it is subjected to the glazing.
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A species of white, unglazed porcelain, in which vases, figures, and groups are formed in miniature.(Sculp.)
Phrases & compounds
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.