biscuit

noun

1. 1

   (rare in the US) A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm: a cookie.

2. 2

   A small, usually soft and flaky bread, generally made with baking soda, which is similar in texture to a scone but which is usually not sweet.

3. 3

   A cracker.

   “cheese and biscuits”

4. 4

   The "bread" formerly supplied to naval ships, which was made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes and slowly baked, and which often became infested with weevils.

5. 5

   A form of unglazed earthenware.

6. 6

   A light brown colour.

7. 7

   A thin oval wafer of wood or other material inserted into mating slots on pieces of material to be joined to provide gluing surface and strength in shear.

8. 8

   A plastic card bearing the codes for authorizing a nuclear attack.

9. 9

   (hiphop) A handgun, especially a revolver.

10. 10

    (shuffleboard) A puck (hockey puck).