biscuit n.— «He’s taking it down with a 9,000 pound iron ball, or, as he calls it, a biscuit. “Why do you call it a biscuit?” asked NewsChannel 11. “Well, ’cause it’s flat like a biscuit. You know how a muffin is made...
rusticle n. a stalactite-like underwater accretion formed by cascading rust on sunken iron ships. Editorial Note: Nearly all citations found are associated with the RMS Titanic. Etymological Note: rust + icicle (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
rusticle n.— «Although iron bacteria are of primary importance in extracting the iron that forms the rusticle, the rusticles are composed of a community of perhaps dozens of microbial species.» —“Recent excitement about the...
rusticle n.— «Gaping holes have opened up in the Titanic’s decks, metal walls have slumped and rivers of rust known as rusticles, which look like brownish icicles hanging from the ship’s iron plates, have multiplied so fast that in some...