/ · 1894 Brewer’s · B · Biscuit (French-Latin, bis, twice; cuit, baked)
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So called because it was originally twice ovened. The Romans had a bread of this kind.
In pottery, earthenware or porcelain, after it has been hardened in the fire, but has not yet been glazed, is so called.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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