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Definition of Biscuity
1. biscuit [adj] - See also: biscuit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Biscuity
Literary usage of Biscuity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"... and the well-known biscuity flavour appears. In order to produce this, the
temperature and moisture must have a certain correlation. ..."
2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1892)
"Nor does it hurt the pleasant " biscuity " flavour of the atmosphere which is
general in the ..."
3. Treatise on Applied Analytical Chemistry by Vittorio Villavecchia (1918)
"It forms yellowish-grey clots or powder with a slight biscuity odour and dissolves
slightly in cold water with an alkaline reaction and still less in hot ..."
4. Journal of the British Dental Association by British Dental Association (1902)
"street hoardings tells us what the present generation are fed on, and we all of
us, I suppose, admit that the patent foods, being of a biscuity nature, ..."
5. Proceedings of the Liverpool Geological Society by Liverpool Geological Society (1900)
"Mag., Nov., 1883. t Calcite shells may become rotten through the action of boring
sponges, <Sc., but they never assume the biscuity or powdery condition ..."
6. Round about the islands: or, Sunny spots near home by Clement William Scott (1874)
"... the cream yellow of Madame Margolin, the crisp, choice, biscuity effect of
the pale Miss Ingram, and the still unequalled glory of Celine Fores- tier. ..."
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