What is "biscuit"

Biscuit \Bis"cuit\, n. [F. biscuit (cf. It. biscotto, Sp. bizcocho, Pg. biscouto), fr. L. bis twice + coctus, p. p. of coquere to cook, bake. See Cook, and cf. Bisque a kind of porcelain.]

1. A kind of unraised bread, of many varieties, plain, sweet, or fancy, formed into flat cakes, and bakes hard; as, ship biscuit.

   According to military practice, the bread or biscuit of the Romans was twice prepared in the oven.
   --Gibbon.

2. A small loaf or cake of bread, raised and shortened, or made light with soda or baking powder. Usually a number are baked in the same pan, forming a sheet or card.

3. Earthen ware or porcelain which has undergone the first baking, before it is subjected to the glazing.

4. (Sculp.) A species of white, unglazed porcelain, in which vases, figures, and groups are formed in miniature.

   Meat biscuit, an alimentary preparation consisting of matters extracted from meat by boiling, or of meat ground fine and combined with flour, so as to form biscuits.

respelled early 19c. from bisket (16c.), ultimately (besquite, early 14c.) from Old French bescuit (12c.), literally "twice cooked;" altered under influence of cognate Old Italian biscotto, both from Medieval Latin biscoctum, from Latin (panis) bis coctus "(bread) twice-baked;" see bis- + cook (v.). U.S. sense of "soft bun" is recorded from 1818.

n. 1 (lb en chiefly UK Australia NZ rare in the US) A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm: a cookie. 2 (context chiefly North America English) A small, usually soft and flaky bread, generally made with baking soda, which is similar in texture to a scone but which is usually not sweet. 3 (context UK English) A cracker. 4 (context nautical English) The "bread" formerly supplied to naval ships, which was made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes(,) and slowly baked, and which often became infested with weevils. 5 A form of unglazed earthenware. 6 A light brown colour. 7 (context woodworking English) A thin oval wafer of wood or other material inserted into mating slots on pieces of material to be joined to provide gluing surface and strength in shear.

1. n. small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda

2. any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term) [syn: cookie, cooky]

Biscuit is a term used for a diverse variety of baked, commonly flour-based food products. The term is applied to two distinct products in North America and the Commonwealth of Nations and Europe. The North American biscuit is typically a soft, leavened quickbread, and is covered in the article Biscuit (bread). This article covers the other type of biscuit, which is typically hard, flat and unleavened.

For a list of varieties, see the list of biscuits and cookies.

Biscuit is a small baked product; the exact meaning varies markedly in different parts of the world.

Biscuit, The Biscuit or Biscuits may also refer to:

A biscuit in the United States and parts of Canada, and widely used in popular American English, is a small baked good with a firm browned crust and a soft interior. They are made with baking powder or baking soda as a chemical leavening agent rather than yeast. They are similar to British scones or the bannock from the Shetland Isles.

Biscuits, soda breads, and cornbread, among others, are often referred to collectively as " quick breads," to indicate that they do not need time to rise before baking.

Biscuit (also referred to as Bizkit or Biskit) is a drinking game played with two dice.

Biscuit, refers to pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed. Biscuit is any pottery after the first firing and before any glaze is applied. This can be a final product such as bisque porcelain, or unglazed earthenware, or, most commonly, an intermediary stage in a glazed final product.

The porous nature of biscuit earthenware means that it readily absorbs water, while vitreous ware and bone china are almost non-porous even without glazing. The temperature of biscuit firing is usually at least 1000°C, although higher temperatures are common. The firing of the ware that results in the biscuit article causes permanent chemical and physical changes to occur. These result in a much harder and more resilient article which can still be porous, and this can ease the application of glazes.

"Biscuit" is a song performed by American recording artist Ivy Levan. It was written by Levan alongside Lucas Banker, William Pounds and Patrick Nissley, for her upcoming first studio album. The song was released as the opening single on January 13, 2015 through Interscope records and a music video was released later the same day. Musically, it is a horn-driven pop and dance song, which speaking about kissing the singer's biscuit, which is actually a metaphor for vagina. The song gained international attention when it garnered approval from the likes of singer Adam Lambert.