sea biscuit

American  

noun

1. ship biscuit; hardtack.

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sea biscuit British  

noun

1. another term for hardtack

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Etymology

Origin of sea biscuit

First recorded in 1670–80

Example Sentences

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sea biscuit

By living partly on sea biscuit, he managed to earn a Ph.D. at Columbia.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was supposed to be of the same quality as sea biscuit or pilot bread, but I never saw any equal to that article.

From War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 by Hitchcock, Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman)

This, bad as it was, was still warm and comforting, and, together with our sea biscuit and cold salt beef, made a meal.

From Two Years Before the Mast by Dana, Richard Henry

An excellent morsel for dyspeptics is sea biscuit dipped in cold water and then placed in a hot oven from three to five minutes.

From Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity by McCarty, Louis Philippe

Then add some broken sea biscuit, and boil fifteen minutes longer.

From Joe Tilden's Recipes for Epicures by Tilden, Joe