ETYM French biscuit (cf. Italian biscotto, Spanish bizcocho, Portu. biscouto), from Latin bis twice + coctus, p. p. of coquere to cook, bake. Related to Cook, Bisque a kind of porcelain.
Small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda.

ETYM Old Eng. cake, kaak; akin to Dan. kage, Swed. and Icel. kaka, Dutch koek, German kuchen, Old High Germ. chuocho.
1. A block of soap or wax; SYN. bar.
2. Made from or based on a mixture of flour and sugar and eggs.

1. Any of various small flat sweet cakes ('biscuit' is the British term); SYN. cooky, biscuit.
2. The cook on a ranch or at a camp; SYN. cooky.
A small flat or slightly raised cake.

Any of various rich and elaborate cakes.