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Webster 1913 Edition


Rusk

Rusk

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rusk

RUSK

, n.
1.
A kind of light cake.
2.
Hard bread for stores.