Hardtack vs Biscuit - What's the difference?
hardtack | biscuit |
(nautical) A large, hard biscuit made from unleavened flour and water; formerly used as a long-term staple food aboard ships.
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(UK) A cracker.
(chiefly, North America) A small bread usually made with baking soda, similar in texture to a scone, but usually not sweet.
A form of unglazed earthenware.
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(nautical) The "bread" formerly supplied to naval ships, which was made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes and slowly baked, and which often became infested with weevils.
A light brown colour.
(woodworking) A thin oval wafer of wood or other material inserted into mating slots on pieces of material to be joined to provide gluing surface and strength in shear.
In nautical terms the difference between hardtack and biscuit
is that hardtack is a large, hard biscuit made from unleavened flour and water; formerly used as a long-term staple food aboard ships while biscuit is the "bread" formerly supplied to naval ships, which was made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes, and slowly baked, and which often became infested with weevils.hardtack
English
(wikipedia hardtack)Alternative forms
* hard tackNoun
(en-noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=Philander went into the next room
Synonyms
* (hard biscuit) pilot biscuit, pilot bread, sea biscuit, sea bread, ship's biscuit, ship biscuitSee also
* reefer's nut * softtackbiscuit
English
(wikipedia biscuit)Noun
(en noun)- cheese and biscuits
