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SCONE
, the Scots name of a See also:species of cake made of See also:wheat or See also:barley See also:meal and baked on a griddle
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The cakes are See also:round and are usually cut into four pieces, thus giving the See also:familiar shape of a See also:wedge with circular edge
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The broad See also:lowland See also:bonnet was called a " scone " or " scone-cap " from its shape
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The word appears to have been a shortened See also:form of a See also:Low Ger
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Schonbrot, i.e. See also:fine See also:bread, explained in the See also:Bremen Glossary (1771), quoted in the New See also:English See also:Dictionary, as a sort of See also: |
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