Definition of Pilot biscuit

1. Noun. Very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple.

Exact synonyms: Hardtack, Pilot Bread, Sea Biscuit, Ship Biscuit
Generic synonyms: Biscuit

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pilot Biscuit

pilonidal
pilonidal cyst
pilonidal fistula
pilonidal sinus
pilose
pilosebaceous
pilosebaceous unit
pilosebaceous units
pilosis
pilosities
pilosity
pilot
pilot-hole
pilot balloon
pilot balloon observation
pilot biscuit (current term)
pilot bit
pilot blacksnake
pilot boat
pilot bread
pilot burner
pilot chart
pilot cloth
pilot engine
pilot experiment
pilot film
pilot fish
pilot hole
pilot ladder
pilot lamp

Literary usage of Pilot biscuit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Webster's Elementary-school Dictionary: Abridged from Webster's New by Noah Webster (1914)
"... eap. soft hair; hairy. pilot-age '".!'• n. 1. Act or business of piloting. 2. The compensation made or allowed to a pilot, pilot biscuit, pilot bread. ..."

2. The Best Short Stories of ... and the Yearbook of the American Short Story edited by Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (1922)
"... men, women, girls, youths, who clung to the anchor cable and showed their white teeth for pilot biscuit, condensed milk, and gin — especially gin — even ..."

3. Cyclopedia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and Critical Notices by Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck (1856)
"While I replied, I was engaged in producing from my pocket our slight stores of pilot biscuit, §alt, and hard-boiled eggs, whereunto Harry contributed his ..."

4. Cyclopedia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and Critical Notices by Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck (1856)
"While I replied, I was engaged in producing from my pocket our slight stores of pilot biscuit, salt, and hard-boiled eggs, whereunto Harry contributed his ..."

5. American Druggist (1889)
"The adulterants used were corn-flour, corn-meal, pilot biscuit and cayenne pepper. In one of the mills I was shown a very good imitation of ground ginger, ..."

6. Frank Forester's Field Sports of the United States and British Provinces of by Henry William Herbert (1849)
"While I replied, I was engaged in producing from my pocket our slight stores of pilot biscuit, salt, and hard-boiled eggs, whereunto Harry contributed his ..."

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