Rarebit

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rarebit \Rare"bit\ (r[^a]r"b[i^]t), n.
     A dainty morsel; a Welsh rabbit. See {Welsh rabbit}, under
     {Rabbit}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  rarebit
       n : cheese melted with ale or beer served over toast [syn: {Welsh
           rarebit}, {Welsh rabbit}]

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  RAREBIT, n.  A Welsh rabbit, in the speech of the humorless, who point
  out that it is not a rabbit.  To whom it may be solemnly explained
  that the comestible known as toad-in-a-hole is really not a toad, and
  that _riz-de-veau a la financiere_ is not the smile of a calf prepared
  after the recipe of a she banker.