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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

arrack , strong spirits distilled chiefly in Asia from fermented fruits, grains, or sugarcane. In the 19th cent., Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) became quite noted for palm toddy arrack and in modern times, Indonesia makes the best arrack. Other names for arrack are rack, raki, and arak.

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

ar·rack / ˈarək; əˈrak/ (also ar·ak) • n. an alcoholic liquor typically distilled from the sap of the coconut palm or from rice.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

arrack Eastern name for a kind of alcoholic spirit. XVII. ult. — Arab. 'arak. Aphetic RACK6.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

arrack •elegiac • Newark • Lubbock •Caradoc, haddock, paddock, shaddock •Marduk • piddock • Norfolk • Suffolk •charlock •hillock, pillock •lilac •ballock, pollack, pollock, rowlock •bullock • hammock •hummock, slummock, stomach •bannock, Zanuck •Kilmarnock • Greenock • monarch •eunuch •arrack, barrack, Baruch, carrack •cassock, hassock •tussock • Taoiseach • mattock •buttock, futtock •havoc • bulwark • wazzock • Isaac

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	Karnataka proposes ban on arrack. News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 12/31/2006
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