The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Usage examples of "samshoo".
One naturally drinks vodka in Russia, samshoo in China, and in Malaya it had to be arrack.