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Look up: biscuit

  1. biscuit
    [n] - small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. biscuit
    a small slab of plastic material for use in the compression moulding of disks Category: Electrical engineering and energy
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. biscuit
    Fired but unglased ceramics. Biscuit procelain has a crisp, dry appearance that was used for statuettes and reproductions of Classical sculptures, initially by SEVRES from 1753, and later by DERBY and porcelain factories throughout Europe. Biscuit-firing is the term for the first firing prior to glazing. See BISQUE and PARIAN.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  4. Biscuit
    Bis'cuit noun [ French biscuit (cf. Italian biscotto , Spanish bizcocho , Portuguese biscouto ), from Latin bis twice + coctus , past participle of coquere to cook, bake. See Cook , and confer <...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/56

  5. biscuit
    1. A kind of unraised bread, of many varieties, plain, sweet, or fancy, formed into flat cakes, and bakes hard; as, ship biscuit. 'According to military practice, the bread or biscuit of the Romans was twice prepared in the oven.' (Gibbon) ... 2. A small loaf or cake of bread, raised and shortened, ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. biscuit
    noun small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. Biscuit
    • (n.) Earthen ware or porcelain which has undergone the first baking, before it is subjected to the glazing. • (n.) A kind of unraised bread, of many varieties, plain, sweet, or fancy, formed into flat cakes, and bakes hard; as, ship biscuit. • (n.) A species of white, unglazed porce...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. biscuit
    (from the article `pottery`) Earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain are all found in unglazed as well as glazed forms. Wares fired without a glaze are called biscuit. Early ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/69

  9. biscuit
    in the United States, a small quick bread usually made from flour, salt, butter or vegetable shortening, and with baking powder as a leavening ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/69

  10. Biscuit
    Biscuit is slang for a gramophone record.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  11. biscuit
    small slab of plastic material for use in the compression moulding of disks
    Found on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/

  12. Biscuit
    Biscuit is slang for a gramophone record.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  13. Biscuit
    In pottery, biscuit is a term applied to porcelain and other earthenware after the first firing and before glazing. At this stage it is porous and used for wine-coolers, etc.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  14. Biscuit
    A biscuit is a crisp, flat cake, consisting of flour, sugar, fat and flavouring materials and belonging to the unfermented bread class of foods. Only a small amount of moisture (if ant) is present in a biscuit thus making them a concentrated food. Originally biscuits were peculiar to England and Sco...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  15. biscuit
    Type: Term Pronunciation: bis′kit Definitions: 1. A term associated with the firing of porcelain, and applied to the fired article before glazing. May be any stage after the fluxes have flowed enough to provide rigidity to the structure up to the stage where shrinkage is complete. Referred to ...
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  16. Biscuit
    Usually used to describe Pekingese and Samoyeds, this color is a combination of light gray, yellow, and brown hues with medium brilliance and saturation (perhaps a gray-yellow). Color definitions may vary by breed. Always check the breed standard for the definitive color description.
    Found on http://www.apluspetgoods.com/petsupplies

  17. biscuit
    Fired but unglazed ceramics. Biscuit procelain has a crisp, dry appearance that was used for statuettes and reproductions of Classical sculptures, initially by sevres from 1753, and later by derby and porcelain factories throughout Europe. Biscuit-firing is the term for the first firing prior to glazing.
    Found on http://www.antique-marks.com/antique-ter

  18. BISCUIT
    Cookie. Cracker, as in, "BISCUITS and cheese". Other types of BISCUITS include BATH OLIVERS, WATER BISCUITS, BOURBONS and DIGESTIVES.
    Found on http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/

  19. Biscuit
    A `biscuit` () is a baked, edible, and commonly flour-based product. The term is used to apply to two distinctly different products in North America and the Commonwealth Nations. Etymology: The modern-day confusion in the English language around the word biscuit is created by its etymology. T...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biscuit

  20. Biscuit
    (disambiguation) A `biscuit` is a small baked product; the exact meaning varies markedly in different parts of the world. `Biscuit`, literally meaning "twice baked," may also refer to:. Food: Other:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biscuit

  21. Biscuit
    (Drinking Game) `Biscuit` (aka Bizkit or Biskit) is a drinking game originating in France using a pair of standard dice. Game Stages: Finding the Biscuit: At the beginning of a round each player rolls the dice once. The first player to roll a three becomes the "Biscuit" for that rou...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biscuit



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13 February 2012

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The fifth queen of Henry VIII was Catherine Howard. Her father was very poor, and Catherine lived mainly with Agnes, widow of the 2nd duke of Norfolk. Henry was evidently charmed by her and he was privately married to Catherine at Oatlands in July 1540. In November 1541 Archbishop Thomas Cranmer informed Henry that his queen's past life had not been stainless. After some denials the queen herself admitted that this was true; but denied that she had misconducted herself since her marriage. Some fresh information, however, very soon came to light showing that she had been unchaste since her marriage; a bill of attainder was passed through parliament, and on the 13th of February 1542 the queen was beheaded. read more

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