ARRACK
\ɐɹˈak], \ɐɹˈak], \ɐ_ɹ_ˈa_k]\
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By Daniel Lyons
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A liquor distilled from the yeasty liquid in which boiled rice has fermented for many days, and to which cocoanut juice is sometimes added. There are several varieties, differing in color, taste, alcoholic strength, etc., made from fermented date-juice, rice, cocoanut milk, the sap of the cocoanut tree, or sugar-cane juice.
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An Oriental name for distilled liquors in general. [Arab.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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