Excess metal left at the end of the injection cylinder of a cold-chamber die casting machine, formed at the end of the plunger stroke Also called a slug
Pottery that has been fired once but not glazed Also used for the unglazed white porcelain called bisque in French and adopted for statuettes, busts and decorative objects from the middle of the eighteenth century onward
The "bread" formerly supplied to naval ships; made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes and slowly baked; often infested with weevils
emphasis If someone has done something very stupid, rude, or selfish, you can say that they take the biscuit or that what they have done takes the biscuit, to emphasize your surprise at their behaviour