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rusk (RUHSK) - n., a sweet or plain bread baked, sliced, and baked again until dry and crisp.
Also called zwieback. Sometimes used as a teether or weaning food for infants. First known use dates to 1589, from Spanish or Portuguese rosca, coil/bread ring, of unknown origin.
(This is not exactly a theme week, but all five words are ones I encountered in early-to-mid twentieth-century boarding school stories.)
---L.
Also called zwieback. Sometimes used as a teether or weaning food for infants. First known use dates to 1589, from Spanish or Portuguese rosca, coil/bread ring, of unknown origin.
(This is not exactly a theme week, but all five words are ones I encountered in early-to-mid twentieth-century boarding school stories.)
---L.
