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Arak  n.  Same as Arrack.





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"Arak" Quotes from Famous Books



... good health. There is no fever, but they tell me there are a few cases of the Enghiddee of Soudan, a fine silken worm formed under the cuticle of the body, mostly on the legs and arms, already described under the name of Arak-El-Abeed[126]. Arabs do not catch this disorder so much as merchants going to Soudan. The only arms these troops have, is the matchlock or musket, on some of which the bayonet is mounted. From the top ...
— Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 • James Richardson
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... days' march, they punished us by feeding their camels on the road, and by not joining us till the evening. As before, there was no game till we approached the springs; yet tufts and scatters of tamarisks, Samur (Inga unguis) and Arak (Salvadora), looked capable of sheltering it. And now, beyond the level and monotonous Desert, we began to see our destination;—palms and tufty trees at the mouth of a masked Wady. This watercourse runs between a background of reddish-brown rock, the foot-hills and sub-ranges ...
— The Land of Midian, Vol. 1 • Richard Burton
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Words linked to "Arak" :   liquor, spirits, John Barleycorn, hard drink, arrack


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