arrack

• The wedding feast was to last several days, and instead of returning the following day as they had promised the mahout, Piroo determined to stay a day longer, in spite of all that Alec had to say against it Piroo was in his element, and sang and danced with great success, for the arrack was in his veins, and at such times he could be the antipodes of his morose self. —  Adventures in Many Lands
• Though they had abundance of rice, and much beef, which latter was salted for exportation, they sold so much of their food for arrack-- imported by traders from Mauritius and Bourbon--that little was left for the bare maintenance of life, and they, with their families, were often compelled to subsist on roots. —  The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar
• The captain was an old Portuguese, full of superstition, and fond of arrack--a fondness rather unusual with the people of his nation. —  The Phantom Ship
• The smell of the arrack is not at all pleasant. —  Southern Arabia
• From the extent of the cocoa-nut groves, arrack is here largely distilled. —  My First Voyage to Southern Seas

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