| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| arrack |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ar·rack |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   r  k, -rk |
| NOUN: | A strong alcoholic drink of the Middle East and the Far East, usually distilled from fermented palm sap, rice, or molasses. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Arabic ‘araq, sweat, strong clear liquor made from raisins, from ‘ariqa, to sweat. See crq in Appendix II.
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