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Webster 1913 Edition
Cracker
Crack′er
(krăk′ẽr)
, Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, cracks.
2.
A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow.
[Obs.]
What
cracker
is this same that deafs our ears? Shakespeare
3.
A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclosed in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with a sharp noise; – usually called
firecracker
. 4.
A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp;
as, a Boston
. cracker
; a Graham cracker
; a soda cracker
; an oyster cracker
5.
A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States.
Bartlett.
6.
(Zool.)
The pintail duck.
7.
pl.
(Mach.)
A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc.
Knight.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cracker
CRACKER
,Noun.
1.
A noisy boasting fellow.2.
A rocket; a quantity of gunpowder confined so as to explode with noise.3.
A hard biscuit.4.
That which cracks any thing.