BISCUIT

n. & adj.

--n.

1. Brit. a small unleavened cake, usu. flat and crisp and often sweet.

2 fired unglazed pottery.

3 a light brown colour.

--adj. biscuit-coloured.

Etymology: ME f. OF bescoit etc. ult. f. L bis twice + coctus past part. of coquere cook