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What (who) is rusk - definition
HARD, DRY BISCUIT OR A TWICE-BAKED BREAD
Beskuit; Dutch biscuits; Beschuit; Rusks; Farley's Rusks
rusk
(rusks)
Rusks are hard, dry biscuits that are given to babies and young children. (mainly BRIT)
N-VAR
rusk
¦ noun chiefly Brit. a dry biscuit or piece of twice-baked bread, especially as prepared for use as baby food.
Origin
C16: from Sp. or Port. rosca 'twist, coil, roll of bread', of unknown ultimate origin.
Rusk
·noun A kind of light, hard cake or bread, as for stores.
II. Rusk ·noun Bread or cake which has been made brown and crisp, and afterwards grated, or pulverized in a mortar.
III. Rusk ·noun A kind of light, soft bread made with yeast and eggs, often toasted or crisped in an oven; or, a kind of sweetened biscuit.
Wikipedia
Rusk
A rusk is a hard, dry biscuit or a twice-baked bread. It is sometimes used as a teether for babies. In some cultures, rusk is made of cake, rather than bread: this is sometimes referred to as cake rusk. In the UK, the name also refers to a wheat-based food additive.
Examples of use of rusk
1. Yates is being held in the psychiatric ward of Rusk Penitentiary in Rusk, Texas, about 200 miles north of Houston, Odom said.
2. Muccio, in his message to Assistant Secretary of State Dean Rusk.
3. Her attorney, George Parnham, wants Yates sent to Rusk State Hospital until the new trial.
4. Rusk County Justice of the Peace Jerdy Wolverton said he heard a noise and people screaming.
5. Rusk, Muccio and Noble, who was embassy first secretary, are all dead.