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Definition of Arrack
1. Noun. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
Generic synonyms: Booze, Hard Drink, Hard Liquor, John Barleycorn, Liquor, Spirits, Strong Drink
Definition of Arrack
1. n. A name in the East Indies and the Indian islands for all ardent spirits. Arrack is often distilled from a fermented mixture of rice, molasses, and palm wine of the cocoanut tree or the date palm, etc.
Definition of Arrack
1. Noun. A name in the East Indies and the Indian islands for all ardent spirits often distilled from a fermented mixture of rice, molasses, and palm wine. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Arrack
1. an Oriental liquor [n -S]
Medical Definition of Arrack
1. A name in the East Indies and the Indian islands for all ardent spirits. Arrack is often distilled from a fermented mixture of rice, molasses, and palm wine of the cocoanut tree or the date palm, etc. Origin: Ar. Araq sweat, juice, spirituous liquor, fr. Araqa to sweat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arrack
Literary usage of Arrack
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"The privilege of selling foreign spirits and the privilege of making arrack were
farmed; and in addition, the licensing of separate stills (called the ..."
2. History of England, from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles by Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope (1858)
"Corry arrack is a huge precipitous mountain, ascended by a part of Marshal Wade's
military ... Early on the 27th he stood on the north side of Corry arrack, ..."
3. Foods: Their Composition and Analysis: A Manual for the Use of Analytical by Alexander Wynter Blyth (1896)
"arrack. § 247. The best qualities of arrack are manufactured by distillation ...
arrack is nearly colourless, a slight tinge of yellow or brown being only ..."
4. A Descriptive Dictionary of the Indian Islands & Adjacent Countries by John Crawfurd (1856)
"The fine arrack of Batavia is an invention and manufacture of the Chinese, of
which the materials are boiled rice, molasses, and palm wine. ..."
5. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1881)
"The best Manchet, wax, arrack was also made there, with which the English ...
r arrack, and The approach of ships to Goa was telegraphed Telegraphs. by the ..."
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