zwieback n 1: slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp [syn: {zwieback}, {rusk}, {Brussels biscuit}, {twice-baked bread}]
Zwieback \Zwie"back`\ (tsv[=e]"b[aum]k`), n. [G., fr. zwie- two, twice (see {Twice}) + backen to bake.] A kind of biscuit or rusk first baked in a loaf and afterwards cut and toasted. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]