'Rusk' definitions:
Definition of 'rusk'
(from WordNet)
noun
Slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp [syn: zwieback, rusk, Brussels biscuit, twice-baked bread]
Definition of 'Rusk'
From: 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]
Rusk, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Rusk -- U.S. County in Texas
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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
Rusk -- U.S. County in Wisconsin
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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