The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c20.4
The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c20.4
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c20.4
*Arrack* — ‘This word is the Arabic *arak* properly “perspiration”, and then first the exudation or sap drawn from the date palm (*arak al-tamar*); secondly, any strong drink, “distilled spirit”, “essence”; etc. In India it is applied to a variety of common spirits; in S. India to those distilled from the fermented sap of sundry palms; in E. and N. India to the spirit distilled from cane-molasses, and also to that from rice.’ Crooke, *Hobson Jobson*, p. 36.