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rusk

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rusk  \Rusk\,  n.  [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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rusk 
  n  :  slice  of  sweet  raised  bread  baked  again  until  it  is  brown 
  and  hard  and  crisp  [syn:  {zwieback},  {Brussels  biscuit}, 
  {twice-baked  bread}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Rusk,  TX  (city,  FIPS  63848) 
  Location:  31.79758  N,  95.14853  W 
  Population  (1990):  4366  (1486  housing  units) 
  Area:  17.3  sq  km  (land),  0.1  sq  km  (water)




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