zwieback, rusk, Brussels biscuit, twice-baked bread
(noun) slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp
Source: WordNet® 3.1
rusk (countable and uncountable, plural rusks)
a rectangular, hard, dry biscuit
a twice-baked bread, slices of bread baked until they are hard and crisp (also called a zwieback)
a weaning food for children
a cereal binder used in meat product manufacture
• Brussels biscuit
• twice-baked bread
• zwieback
Rusk
A surname.
An unincorporated community in Lost River Township, Martin County, Indiana.
A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, Texas, United States.
An unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia.
A small town in Burnett County, Wisconsin.
An unincorporated community in the town of Red Cedar, Dunn County, Wisconsin.
A small town in Rusk County, Wisconsin.
Source: Wiktionary
Rusk, n. Etym: [Sp. rosca de mar sea rusks, a kind of biscuit, rosca properly meaning, a screw, spiral.]
1. A kind of light, soft bread made with yeast and eggs, often toasted or crisped in an oven; or a kind of sweetened biscuit.
2. A kind of light, hard cake or bread, as for stores Smart.
3. Bread or cake which has been made brown and crisp, and afterwards grated, or pulverized in a mortar.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
