BISCUIT

n. Bits’ki#t. Gr., Surupérms, Sérupos. Lat., biscoctus, biscoctum. Fr., biscuit. Ger., Zwieback. It., biscotto: Sp., biz côcho. 1. Anciently, bread cooked twice. hy 825.] 2 Bread, leaveued or unleavened, baked rapidly in small separate portions. 8, A cracker; a hard unleavened variety of bread, made by dividing the dough into small, thin forms and baking.—B’s animal isés (Fr.). See Meat-b's—B's antisyphilitiques [Olivier] (Fr.), B's each containing 4 grain of corrosive sublimate. [B, 46.|—B’s contre les vers [Storey] (Fr.). B's each containing 14 grain of calomel, 74 grains of jalap, 45 grains of white sugar, and a small amount of cinnabar, made up with b. paste. [B, 46.]—B's de mer (Fr.). See Sea-b’s,—B’s dépuratifs [Olivier] (Fr.). See B’s antisypl tlitx'gw'x.—li’s ferrugineux (Fr.). B's each containing 3 grains of oxide of iron. [B, 46.|—B’s médicinaux (Fr.), Medicated b's. [B, 46.]—B’s purgatifs (Fr.). B's containing some cathartic medicine. [L, 120.]--B’s purgatifs à la résine de scammonée (Fr.), B's each containing 14 grain of resin of scammony, [B, 46.] —B’s purgatifs à Ia seammionée (Fr... B's each containing 3 grains of powdered scammonuy. _ [B, 46.|—B’s purgatifs au jalap (Fr.). B's each containing 15 grains of jalap. [B, 46.]—B’s vermifuges (Fr.). B's each containing some anthelminthic medicine. [L, 32.|—B’s vermifuges à la san to nine (Fr.). B's each containing 14 rain of santonin, [B, 46.)—B’s vermifuges au calomel (Fr.). B's each containing 44 grains of calomel, |B, 46.|—B’s vermifuges au semen-contra (Fr.), B's each containing 15 grains of semen contra. [B, 46.]—Meat. Fr., b's animal isés. B’s made by mixing flour with a rich soup, and evaporating to dryne . A variety aurea prepared for dogs contains farinaceous matter, meat, dates, ete. fi hha Medicated b’s, Medicinal b’s. Fr., b's médicinaux. B'S containing medicine.—Sea. Fr., bs de mer. A very dry and hard sort of unleavened bread made in the form of crackers; containing three or four times as much nourishment as fresh bread, and given to sailors on loug voyages. [B, 46.]