A kind of unraised bread, of many varieties, plain, sweet, or
fancy, formed into flat cakes, and bakes hard; as, ship biscuit.
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. A small lump of bread,
like a deformed roll, made from dough that has been rolled and
then cut or else dropped from a spoon. The American usage is
inaccurate since "biscuit" means "twice-cooked". What the
British correctly refer to as a biscuit is called a "cracker" in
the US. small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda
any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British
term) (BISH-kiht) - In England, it is the equivalent of U.S.
cookies (small, sweet cakes). In the U.S., a type of non-yeast
bread made of flour, milk, and shortening, usually served with
breakfast - small, and similar to what much of the world refers
to as "scones." A small bread made with flour, leavening and
fat. In England, the term