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Webster 1913 Edition

Arrack

Ar′rack

(?; 277)
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Noun.
[Ar.
araq
sweat, juice, spirituous liquor, fr.
araqa
to sweat. Cf.
Rack
arrack.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Arrack

ARRACK'

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Noun.
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.

Definition 2024

arrack

arrack

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Noun

arrack ‎(plural arracks)

  1. Alternative form of arak

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Etymology

Arabic عَرَق ‎(ʿaraq, “raisin liquor”).

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