Biscuit

Bis·cuit

Biscuit

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

Phrases & Compounds
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.