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hard⋅tack

  [hahrd-tak]
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–noun
a hard, saltless biscuit, formerly much used aboard ships and for army rations.
Also called pilot biscuit, pilot bread, ship biscuit, ship bread.

Origin:
1830–40; hard + tack 2
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hard·tack   (härd'tāk')   
n.  A hard biscuit or bread made with only flour and water. Also called sea biscuit, sea bread, ship biscuit.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

hardtack 
1836, "ship's biscuit," from hard + tack (3); soft-tack was "bread."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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