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Biscuit \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,
or fancy, formed into flat cakes, and bakes hard; as, ship
biscuit.
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According to military practice, the bread or biscuit
of the Romans was twice prepared in the oven.
--Gibbon.
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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.
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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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4. (Sculp.) A species of white, unglazed porcelain, in which
vases, figures, and groups are formed in miniature.
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{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.
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