Zwieback \Zwie"back`\, 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.
zwieback
n : slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown
and hard and crisp [syn: {rusk}, {Brussels biscuit}, {twice-baked
bread}]