From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rusk \Rusk\, noun [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.
2. A kind of light, hard cake or bread, as for stores. --Smart.
3. Bread or cake which has been made brown and crisp, and afterwards grated, or pulverized in a mortar.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: 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 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
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
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