Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Arrack"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Arrack \Ar"rack\ (?; 277), n. [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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
arrack
n : any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented
sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses [syn: {arak}]
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