Lexicographical Neighbors of Jagra
Literary usage of Jagra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and by Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell, William Crooke (1903)
"... of which they make sugar, prepared either by sun or fire, and this they call
jagra. ... distilled from Sugar, and a spicy rinde of a tree called jagra. ..."
2. Early Travels in India, 1583-1619 by William Foster (1921)
"They call it Raack [arrack], distilled from sugar and a spicie mdc of a tree,
called jagra.' It is very wholsome, if taken moderately. ..."
3. A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar: In the Beginning of by Duarte Barbosa (1866)
"... oil, and jagra, which are much used in this country. HONOR. Having passed this
river Aliga,3 and going along the coast to the south-east, ..."
4. Pharmacopoeia Universalis: Or, A New Universal English Dispensatory. Containing by Robert James (1747)
"There is, alfo, a Vinegar, and a Species of Sugar, by the Inhabitants called
jagra, prepared from it. ... The Species of Sugar called jagra is Palma Indica, ..."
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