samshoo

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samshoo - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]