Definition of BISCUIT (original) (raw)

1

a

US : a small quick bread made from dough that has been rolled out and cut or dropped from a spoon

While both types of biscuit use the same handful of ingredients and are quick to prepare, drop biscuits don't rely on any of the finicky steps rolled biscuits require to get them just right.—Sandra Wu

b

British : cookie

The children were divided into groups of five seated round a table and each one was given a chocolate biscuit.—H. Colin Davis

2

: earthenware or porcelain after the first firing and before glazing

called also bisque

3

a

: a light grayish-yellowish brown

4

woodworking : a small, flat oval of compressed wood that is glued into slots cut into the sides of two boards which are to be joined in order to increase the strength of the resulting bond

Have several clamps at the ready; then add glue to the biscuits, push them into the maple slots, and clamp the maple in place. The dry, compressed biscuits swell once glue is applied, so you have to work quickly.—Mike McClintock

compare tenon entry 1

5

slang : a hockey puck

To control the biscuit, you've got to win faceoffs.—Lindsay Berra

Word History

Etymology

Middle English bisquite, from Anglo-French besquit, from (pain) besquit twice-cooked bread

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1b

Time Traveler

The first known use of biscuit was in the 14th century