English-Thai Dictionary
arrack
N เหล้าช นิดหนึ่ง ในประเทศ มุสลิม lao-cha-nid-nueng-nai-pra-thed-mud-sa-lim
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ARRACK
n.Contacted into rack. a spirituous liquor imported from the East Indies. The name is said to signify, in the East, any spirituous liquor; but that which usually bears this name is toddy, a liquor distilled from the juice of the cocoanut tree, procured by incision. Some persons allege it to be a spirit distilled from rice or sugar, fermented with the juice of the cocoanut.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ARRACK
Ar "rack, n. Etym: [Ar. araq sweat, juice, spirituous liquor, fr. araqa to sweat. Cf. Rack arrack. ]
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
arrack
ar rack |ˈarək, əˈrak ˈɛrək |(also arak ) ▶noun an alcoholic liquor typically distilled from the sap of the coconut palm or from rice. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Arabic ῾ araḳ ‘sweat, ’ from the phrase ῾ arak al-tamr, denoting an alcoholic spirit made from dates.
Oxford Dictionary
arrack
arrack |ˈarək, əˈrak |(also arak ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] an alcoholic spirit made in Eastern countries from the sap of the coco palm or from rice. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Arabic ‘araq ‘sweat ’, from the phrase ‘arak al-tamr, denoting an alcoholic spirit made from dates.
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