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countable and uncountable, plural rusks
a rectangular, hard, dry biscuit quotations examples
[…] he brought a large basket of rusk or biscuit, and three jars of fresh water, into the boat.
1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […]
a twice-baked bread, slices of bread baked until they are hard and crisp (also called a zwieback) quotations examples
A newly-arrived couple at the next table […] admitted that “this was more like” and that if the Alpenrose could also produce a proper cup of tea it would be just like home. Bill Andreyef, who was eating a lightly-boiled egg and a rusk, regarded the other diners with resentment.
1956, Delano Ames, chapter 25, in Crime out of Mind
a weaning food for children examples
a cereal binder used in meat product manufacture examples