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simnel |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Simnel \Sim"nel\, n. [OF. simenel cake or bread of wheat flour, LL simenellus wheat bread, fr L. simila the finest wheat flour. Cf {Semolina}.] 1. A kind of cake made of fine flour; a cracknel. [Obs.] Not common bread, but vastel bread, or simnels. --Fuller. 2. A kind of rich plum cake, eaten especially on Mid-Lent Sunday. [Eng.] --Herrick. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: simnel n 1: a crisp bread of fine white flour 2: (British) a fruitcake (sometimes covered with almond paste) eaten at mid-Lent or Easter or Christmas
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