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Webster 1913 Edition
Bread
Bread
(brĕd)
, Verb.
T.
To spread.
[Obs.]
Ray.
Bread
(brĕd)
, Noun.
[AS.
breád
; akin to OFries. brād
, OS. brōd
, D. brood
, G. brod
, brot
, Icel. brauð
, Sw. & Dan. bröd
. The root is probably that of E. brew
. √93. See Brew
.] 1.
An article of food made from flour or meal by moistening, kneading, and baking.
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Raised bread
is made with yeast, salt, and sometimes a little butter or lard, and is mixed with warm milk or water to form the dough, which, after kneading, is given time to rise before baking. – Cream of tartar bread
is raised by the action of an alkaline carbonate or bicarbonate (as saleratus or ammonium bicarbonate) and cream of tartar (acid tartrate of potassium) or some acid. – Unleavened bread
is usually mixed with water and salt only. Aërated bread
. See under
Aërated
. Bread and butter
(fig.)
, means of living.
– Brown bread
, Indian bread
, Graham bread
, Rye and Indian bread
See
– Brown bread
, under Brown
. Bread tree
. See
Breadfruit
.2.
Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.
Give us this day our daily
bread
. Matt. vi. 11
Bread
,Verb.
T.
(Cookery)
To cover with bread crumbs, preparatory to cooking;
as,
. breaded
cutletsWebster 1828 Edition
Bread
BREAD
,Noun.
1.
A mass of dough, made by moistening and kneading the flour or meal of some species of grain, and baked in an oven, or pan.2.
Food in general.In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread.
Gen.3.
Give us this day our daily bread. Lord's Prayer.
3.
Support of like in general; maintenance.Is the reward of virtue, bread?
Bee-bread. [See Bee.]
Ship-bread, bread for ships; hard biscuits.
Cassada-bread. [See Cassada.]
BREAD
,Verb.
T.