[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.13036 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.13036 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.13036 - **Language:** English ### [c10.13036](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.13036) \*\*SAMSHOO\*\*, s. A kind of ardent spirit made in China from rice. Mr. Baber doubts this being Chinese; but according to Wells Williams the name is \*san-shao\*, ‘thrice fired’ (\*Guide\*, 220). ‘Distilled liquor’ is \*shao-siu\*, ‘fired liquor.’ Compare Germ. \*Brantwein\*, and XXX beer. Strabo says: ‘Wine = ‘three boards,’ and this is possible. The Indians drink not except when sacrificing, and that is made of ‘rice in lieu of barley’” (xv. c. i. § 53). - [Previous: c10.13035](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.13035) - [Next: c10.13037](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.13037) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.13036](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.13036) · Pramāṇa