cracker

Definitions

1. 1.A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow. [Obs.] What cracker is this same that deafs our ears Shak.
2. 2.A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclossed in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with a sharp noise; - - often called firecracker.
3. 3.A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster cracker.
4. 4.A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States. Bartlett.
5. 5.(Zoöl.) The pintail duck.
6. 6.pl. (Mach.) A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc. Knight.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is a noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow. [Obs.] What cracker is this same that deafs our ears Shak called?
• What is a small firework, consisting of a little powder inclossed in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with a sharp noise; - - often called firecracker called?
• What is a thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster cracker called?
• What is a nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States. Bartlett called?
• What is pl. (Mach.) A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc. Knight called?