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biscuit

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

bis·cuit / ˈbiskit/ • n. 1. a small, typically round cake of bread leavened with baking powder, baking soda, or sometimes yeast. ∎ Brit. a cookie or cracker. 2. another term for bisque³: [as adj.] biscuit ware. 3. a light brown color. 4. a small flat piece of wood used to join two mortised planks together. • adj. light brown in color. DERIVATIVES: bis·cuit·y adj. ORIGIN: Middle English: from Old French bescuit, based on Latin bis ‘twice’ + coctus, past participle of coquere ‘to cook’ (so named because originally biscuits were cooked in a twofold process: first baked and then dried out in a slow oven so that they would keep).

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biscuit

A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition | 2005 | | Copyright

biscuit A baked flour confectionery dried down to low moisture content. The name is derived from the Latin bis coctus, meaning cooked twice. A 100‐g portion provides 400–500 kcal (1680–2100 kJ). Known as cookie in the USA, where ‘biscuit’ means a small cake‐like bun.

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biscuit

The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | Copyright

biscuit, the ‘bread’ which was supplied to ships, particularly naval ones, before bakeries were introduced on board. It was made with flour, mixed with the least possible quantity of water, and thoroughly kneaded into flat cakes and slowly baked.

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biscuit

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

biscuit XIV. — OF. bescuit (mod. biscuit) :- medL. *biscoctus twice-baked (sc. panis bread). f. L. bis twice + coctus, pp. of coquere COOK.

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biscuit

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

biscuit •adit •bandit, pandit •accredit, credit, edit, subedit •Chindit • conduit •audit, plaudit •pundit • refit • misfit • benefit •profit, prophet, soffit •forfeit • outfit • Tophet • photofit •buffet, tuffet •comfit • counterfeit • surfeit • agate •margate, target •frigate • Tlingit • hogget •drugget, nugget •Brigitte • gadget • eejit •Bridget, digit, fidget, midget, widget •budget •Blackett, bracket, jacket, packet, placket, racket •blanket • gasket • bedjacket •straitjacket • lifejacket • leatherjacket •downmarket, market, upmarket •basket, casket •breadbasket • Euromarket •Newmarket • hypermarket •Becket, Beckett •cricket, midwicket, picket, picquet, piquet, pricket, snicket, thicket, ticket, wicket •trinket •biscuit, brisket, frisket •identikit •brocket, crocket, Crockett, docket, locket, pocket, rocket, socket, sprocket •airpocket • pickpocket • skyrocket •toolkit •bucket, Nantucket, tucket •Blunkett, junket •musket • rust bucket •circuit, short-circuit

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