rusk

3 definitions found

rusk - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A kind of light, hard cake or bread, as for stores.
        --Smart.
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     3. Bread or cake which has been made brown and crisp, and
        afterwards grated, or pulverized in a mortar.
        [1913 Webster]

rusk - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  rusk
      n 1: slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown
           and hard and crisp [syn: zwieback, rusk, Brussels biscuit
           , twice-baked bread]

rusk - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  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)