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

  Rusk \Rusk\, n. [Sp. rosca de mar sea rusks, a kind of biscuit,
     rosca properly meaning, a screw, spiral.]
     1. A kind of light, soft bread made with yeast and eggs,
        often toasted or crisped in an oven; or, a kind of
        sweetened biscuit.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. A kind of light, hard cake or bread, as for stores.
        --Smart.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Bread or cake which has been made brown and crisp, and
        afterwards grated, or pulverized in a mortar.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Rusk, TX (city, FIPS 63848)
    Location: 31.79758 N, 95.14853 W
    Population (1990): 4366 (1486 housing units)
    Area: 17.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Rusk -- U.S. County in Texas
     Population (2000):    47372
     Housing Units (2000): 19867
     Land area (2000):     923.548944 sq. miles (2391.980683 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    15.069854 sq. miles (39.030740 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    938.618798 sq. miles (2431.011423 sq. km)
     Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
     Location:             32.156777 N, 94.801410 W
     Headwords:
      Rusk
      Rusk, TX
      Rusk County
      Rusk County, TX
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Rusk -- U.S. County in Wisconsin
     Population (2000):    15347
     Housing Units (2000): 7609
     Land area (2000):     913.127694 sq. miles (2364.989771 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    17.766380 sq. miles (46.014711 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    930.894074 sq. miles (2411.004482 sq. km)
     Located within:       Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
     Location:             45.437305 N, 91.136153 W
     Headwords:
      Rusk
      Rusk, WI
      Rusk County
      Rusk County, WI
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Rusk, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
     Population (2000):    5085
     Housing Units (2000): 1539
     Land area (2000):     6.822110 sq. miles (17.669182 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.022618 sq. miles (0.058581 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    6.844728 sq. miles (17.727763 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            63848
     Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
     Location:             31.798254 N, 95.149865 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Rusk, TX
      Rusk
  

















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