Bread , v. t. (Cookery)
To cover with bread crumbs, preparatory to cooking; as, breaded
cutlets.
Bread (br&ebreve;d), n. [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.
&fist; 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 (br&ebreve;d), v. t. [AS.
br&aemacr;dan to make broad, to spread. See Broad, a.]
To spread. [Obs.] Ray.
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