A kind of cracknel.

A light, crisp kind of biscuit, of a curved or hollowed shape. Cf. crackling, n. 4.

(as a mass noun) any of various types of hard, dry biscuit; spec. (a) oatcakes; (b) Newfoundland thick, oval-shaped biscuits baked without salt and…

= cracknel, n. Now dialect.

a kind of biscuit flavoured with rose water; a piece of this; also in extended use. Also Naples cake. Now historical.

(a) a man who sells gingerbread (now chiefly historical); (b) a gingerbread biscuit shaped like a person (now the usual sense).

A kind of sweet biscuit, typically made from a mixture of flour, sugar, egg whites, and marmalade which is boiled before being baked. Also more…

a flour-biscuit of a similar composition to sponge cake.

(perhaps) a biscuit or sweetmeat made with maple sugar.

A plain, crisp, sweet biscuit made with butter.

A small rounded biscuit or cake. Chiefly as the second element in compounds, as doughnut, ginger nut, spice nut, etc.

A thin unsweetened biscuit; = Bath Oliver n. at Bath, n.2 compounds 3.

a biscuit served at a wake or funeral.

a type of hard biscuit.

A kind of cake or biscuit flavoured with ratafia essence.

With the sense ‘resembling a finger in shape’, as finger biscuit, finger muffin, etc.

attributive. Designating sponge cakes or biscuits of a type associated with, or supposedly… a small round sponge biscuit, made in a similar…

A type of elongated finger-shaped cake or biscuit; a sponge-finger.

Scottish and northern dialect. A small, usually round, cake or biscuit of crisp gingerbread; a ginger-snap.

More fully Abernethy biscuit. A hard biscuit flavoured with caraway seeds.

A usually salted thin length of bread, characteristically cooked in the shape of a knot; (now usually) a small, crisp version of this, typically…

a small light biscuit served with wine.

A thin brittle ginger-flavoured biscuit.

a hard variety of fancy biscuit.

As a mass noun: a type of biscuit with a cakelike texture, typically glazed or coated and containing spices and honey. Also as a count noun: a…

In Jersey: a kind of thin biscuit made from fine wheat flour and water.

a type of sweet biscuit made from a simple dough which is often rolled out and cut into decorative shapes before baking.

A small, round, sweet biscuit flavoured with spices such as ginger, cardamom, cloves, black pepper, etc., typically eaten during the Christmas…

U.S. Army slang. McClellan pie n. also McClellan's pie a piece of hard biscuit of a kind issued to troops under McClellan's command during the…

attributive. Designating sponge cakes or biscuits of a type associated with, or supposedly… a small, ring-shaped sponge biscuit, made in a similar…

A hard, coarse biscuit.

a small hard biscuit, the dough for which is thoroughly beaten and frequently folded.

spec. Designating a type of wholemeal biscuit. Also elliptical.

In full Osborne biscuit. A type of sweetish plain biscuit.

an unsweetened biscuit said to have been invented by William Oliver (1695–1764), a physician of Bath; formerly simply Oliver.

More fully marie biscuit. A type of plain sweet biscuit.

(a piece of) rusk or hard biscuit; esp. a rustic, rectangular oven-dried bun typically served with coffee, into which it is traditionally dipped; = bo…

a biscuit containing wood-charcoal as an anti-fermentative, absorbent, or deodorizer.

A long, thin, hard (usually twice-baked) biscuit, typically served as an accompaniment to a hot drink, into which it is dipped.

A small gingerbread biscuit; a ginger nut. In early use: spec. one sold at a fair (cf. sense 1). Now usually in Cornish fairing.

A type of soft, sweet biscuit, typically sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar.

A small, round, sweet biscuit flavoured with spices such as ginger, cardamom, cloves, black pepper, etc., and typically eaten during the Christmas…

A (sweet) rusk or biscuit made by baking a small loaf, and then toasting slices until they are dry and crisp.

More fully Nice biscuit. A thin, sweet biscuit containing coconut and sprinkled with sugar.

In full Garibaldi biscuit. A sandwich biscuit containing a paste of currants.

= Oswego biscuit n. at sense 3b. Now rare.

= Garibaldi, n. 3.

Usually in plural. An Italian biscuit made with almonds or crushed apricot kernels; a macaroon. Also as a modifier in amaretti biscuit.

(A piece of) rusk or hard biscuit; esp. a rustic, rectangular oven-dried bun typically served with coffee, into which it is traditionally dipped; = bo…

Usually more fully Romary biscuit. A kind of thin water biscuit, frequently served with cheese.

A sweet French butter biscuit; (also) such biscuits collectively.

a type of biscuit originally made with Oswego flour.

A traditional South African spiced biscuit.

Originally U.S. A proprietary name for: a type of black chocolate sandwich biscuit filled with a white vanilla cream. Also frequently in Oreo cookie.

(a) = sense 1c; (b) chiefly British a type of sweet sandwich biscuit with a vanilla-flavoured cream filling.

Chiefly Australian and New Zealand = Anzac biscuit n. at compounds 2. Also with lower-case initial.

a biscuit flavoured with sugar.

A thin, crisp, finger-shaped biscuit; (also) a long thin piece of chocolate.

a chocolate-flavoured biscuit with a chocolate cream filling.

New Zealand. = Afghan biscuit n. at compounds.

A biscuit usually containing rolled oats, syrup, etc. (Not known to some correspondents in southern England.)

Now usually/ˈflɒrəntiːn/. (a) A variety of almond cake. (b) A thin biscuit coated on one side with chocolate, and consisting chiefly of pieces of…

a sweet biscuit containing chocolate chips.

= chocolate chip cookie n. at chocolate chip, n. compounds 2.

the proprietary name of a kind of a biscuit containing chocolate chips.

As tuile n. A thin curved biscuit, usually made with almonds. Also attributive and with defining addition.

Chiefly U.S. A crisp, waffle-like sweet biscuit which is cooked between two hinged iron plates and is typically served on festive occasions.

U.S. A large round biscuit with a soft, cakelike texture, having white (usually vanilla-flavoured) icing on one half and chocolate icing on the…

A crunchy, oval-shaped, chocolate and coconut sandwich biscuit filled with a smooth chocolate cream. Cf. Gypsy Cream n. (b) at Gypsy, n. adj.compoun…

A small, thin, crisp wheat biscuit. Also as postmodifier.