palm-wine

At these stalls a hearty meal may be made for a penny, but we contented ourselves with drinking some sweet palm-wine, a most delicious beverage in the heat of the day.

The Malay Archipelago 2004

From the same tree, palm-wine and sugar are made, and the common thatch for houses formed of the leaves lasts six or seven years without removal.

The Malay Archipelago 2004

During several months of the year, palm-wine, or sura, is obtained in large quantities; when fresh, it is a pleasant drink, somewhat like champagne, and not at all intoxicating; though, after standing a few hours, it becomes highly so.

A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004

On the contrary, his physiognomy indicated the worst disposition; he rolled his eyes at me like a mad-man; and, having drank copiously of palm-wine at the castle, he was so intoxicated, that he could hardly keep on his legs.

Travels in Nubia 2004

Pork, it is true, they hold in abhorrence, but will not refuse wine when offered them, and consume immense quantities of “sagueir,” or palm-wine, which is about as intoxicating as ordinary beer or cider.

The Malay Archipelago 2004

The Portuguese use the palm-wine as yeast, and it makes bread so light, that it melts in the mouth like froth.

A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004

At every few miles along the road, seated under shady trees or slight sheds, were sellers of sugar-cane, palm-wine, cooked rice, salted eggs, and fried plantains, with a few other native delicacies.

The Malay Archipelago 2004

In the larger villages palm-wine is common; it is not unpleasant to the taste, though too sweet and thick, to be drank in any considerable quantity.

Travels in Nubia 2004

Elephantine, he sent them to the Ethiopians, enjoining them what they should say and giving them gifts to bear with them, that is to say a purple garment, and a collar of twisted gold with bracelets, and an alabaster box of perfumed ointment, and a jar of palm-wine.

The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

They soak with palm-wine every day; they indulge in rum and absinthe, and the wealthy affect so-called

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003