From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Arrack \Ar"rack\ (?; 277), noun [Ar. araq sweat, juice, spirituous liquor, fr. araqa to sweat. Cf. {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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses [syn: {arak}]
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