BISQUE
\bˈiːsk], \bˈiːsk], \b_ˈiː_s_k]\
Definitions of BISQUE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
- 1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
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Unglazed white porcelain.
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A point taken by the receiver of odds in the game of tennis; also, an extra innings allowed to a weaker player in croquet.
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A white soup made of crayfish.
By Oddity Software
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Unglazed white porcelain.
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A point taken by the receiver of odds in the game of tennis; also, an extra innings allowed to a weaker player in croquet.
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A white soup made of crayfish.
By Noah Webster.
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An unglazed white porcelain, used for statuettes, etc.; a thick rich soup made from meats, fish, or tomatoes; a kind of ice cream into which crushed macaroons are stirred. Also, bisk.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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bisk, n. a rich soup made of meat or fish slowly stewed and seasoned, crayfish soup.--Also BISK. [Fr.]
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bisk, n. pottery that has undergone the first firing before being glazed. [See BISCUIT.]
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bisk, n. a term at tennis for the odds given by one player to another, in allowing him to score one point once during the set--a means of equalising a strong and a weak player. [Fr.]
By Thomas Davidson
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