Samshoo

Samshoo
Samshoo Sam"shoo, Samshu Sam"shu, n. [Chinese san-shao thrice fired.] A spirituous liquor distilled by the Chinese from the yeasty liquor in which boiled rice has fermented under pressure. --S. W. Williams. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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