ZWIEBACK

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


Etymology

Noun

zwieback (countable and uncountable, plural zwiebacks)

a usually sweetened bread enriched with eggs that is baked and then sliced and toasted until dry and crisp

a teething food for toddler children

Source: Wiktionary


Zwie"back`, n. [G., fr. zwie-two, twice (see Twice) + backen to bake.]

Definition: A kind of biscuit or rusk first baked in a loaf and afterwards cut and toasted.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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