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rusk (n.)

"light, crisp bits of bread or biscuit," 1590s, from Spanish or Portuguese rosca "roll, twist of bread," literally "coil, anything round and spiral," of unknown origin, perhaps from a pre-Latin Iberian word.

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Definitions of rusk from WordNet

rusk (n.)
slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp;
Synonyms: zwieback / Brussels biscuit / twice-baked bread
From wordnet.princeton.edu