borak

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  1. An aboriginal Australian term for banter; chaff; fun, especially at the expense of another: as, to poke borak at one, that is, to make game of him. [Colloq., Australia.] On telling him my adventures, how Bob in my misery had “poked borack” at me. Australasian Printers' Keepsake, p. 75.
  2. Spirit distilled from rice. When quiet had been restored we all sat down, and borak (rice spirit) was produced, healths drunk, and speeches made. Geog. Jour. (R. G. S.), XVI. 49.
  3. Borate of lime a salt, more correctly called calcium borate, which occurs as the mineral colemanite in great abundance in California, and is used as a material from which to make boracic acid and borax.
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