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ˈwater-ˌcracker
1. A kind of firework. ? Obs.
1799G. Smith Laboratory I. 22 The water-crackers, or divers are commonly rammed..in cases.
2. A Prince Rupert's drop.
1887Sci. Amer. 19 Mar. 181/1 In this way I have taken a water cracker, as they [Prince Rupert drops] are called in the factory, several feet long, and broken it four or five times.
†3. U.S. A water-biscuit. Obs.
1825Missouri Intelligencer 4 June 3/4 Ward and Parker have just received for sale at their grocery and liquor store molasses, water crackers, [etc.]. 1891in Century Dict. 1899S. T. Rorer Bread & Bread Making 57 It [sc. the dough] may be rolled out into very thin sheets, cut into square crackers, pricked with a fork, baked in a moderate oven, producing what are called Virginia biscuits or water crackers. |