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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Simnel \Sim"nel\, n. [OF. simenel cake or bread of wheat flour,
LL. simenellus wheat bread, fr. L. simila the finest wheat
flour. Cf. Semolina.]
1. A kind of cake made of fine flour; a cracknel. [Obs.]
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Not common bread, but vastel bread, or simnels.
--Fuller.
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2. A kind of rich plum cake, eaten especially on Mid-Lent
Sunday. [Eng.] --Herrick.
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