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Definition of Ship biscuit
1. Noun. Very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple.
Definition of Ship biscuit
1. Noun. (nautical) hardtack ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ship Biscuit
Literary usage of Ship biscuit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"... of promise to and water baked in small round cakes until it is ove,' "and
repeated attempts have been made in crackers. Pilot bread, or ship's biscuit, ..."
2. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"The first baking, to preserve shape and texture, gives the likeness, in colour
and texture, to ship biscuit ; the second firing vitrifies the glaze, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The general arrangements of a ship-biscuit factory are »hown in the sectional
... Sectional Tiew of Ship-Biscuit Factory. upper floor is passed down through ..."
4. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"remora, -kalen- t*pi (I. v., Engl.) Lloyd's Register, -kirjat ship's papers, -korput
hardtack, ship- biscuit, -kulku navigation [has opened, on alkanut]. ..."
5. The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571 by Kenneth M. Setton (1978)
"It was further stated that among other cargo (including munitions) she had aboard
1500 sacks of ship's biscuit (sacchi M Ус. ..."
6. The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571 by Kenneth M. Setton (1978)
"Loredan was also to convey two thousand ducats to the colonial government of
Corfu for the purchase of grain and the production of ship's biscuit for the ..."
7. The Dictionary of Trade Products, Manufacturing, and Technical Terms: With a by Peter Lund Simmonds (1858)
"SHIP-BISCUIT BAKER, a maker of hard biscuit for seamen's use. SHIP-BREAKER, a
person who buya the hulls of worn-out vessels, to break up for the timber and ..."
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