Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Arrack

Arrack (?; 277) , noun

[Arabic araq sweat, juice, spirituous liquor, from araqa to sweat. Compare Rack arrack.]

A name in the East Indies and the Indian islands for all ardent spirits. Arrack is often distilled from a fermented mixture of rice, molasses, and palm wine of the cocoanut tree or the date palm, etc.