zwieback

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zwieback - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Zwieback \Zwie"back`\ (tsv[=e]"b[aum]k`), n. [G., fr. zwie- two,
     twice (see Twice) + backen to bake.]
     A kind of biscuit or rusk first baked in a loaf and
     afterwards cut and toasted.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

zwieback - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  zwieback
      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]