2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Hardtack \Hard"tack`\ or Hard-tack \Hard"-tack`\(h[aum]rd"t[a^]k`), n. 1. A name given by soldiers and sailors to a kind of unleavened hard biscuit or sea bread. Called also {pilot biscuit}, {pilot bread}, {ship biscuit} and {ship bread} [1913 Webster] 2. Any of several mahogany trees, esp. the {Cercocarpus betuloides}. --MW10 [PJC] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: hardtack n 1: very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple [syn: {pilot biscuit}, {pilot bread}, {sea biscuit}, {ship biscuit}] 2: a mountain mahogany
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