bisque

Meanings

1. A thick creamy soup made from fish, shellfish, meat or vegetables.
2. A pale pinkish brown colour.
3. A form of unglazed earthenware; biscuit.

1. Of a pale pinkish brown colour.

1. To prepare ceramics in the bisque style.

1. An extra turn, free point or some other advantage allowed.
2. A free turn in a handicap croquet match.
3. A free point in a handicap real tennis match.
4. Exemption from work or other duty on a particular day.
5. A day's leave an employee may take without warning or reason and not be counted as annual leave.
6. Permission for an MP to be absent from a vote, granted by the whips when the absence is not likely to affect the outcome.

Etymology

Borrowed from French bisque, possibly from Biscaye.