单词 | koumiss |
释义 | koumissn. A fermented liquor prepared from mare's milk, commonly used as a beverage by the Tartars and other Asiatic nomadic peoples; also applied to a spirituous liquor distilled from this. The fermented beverage is used dietetically and medicinally in various diseases, as phthisis, catarrhal affections, anæmia, chlorosis, etc., and for these purposes imitations are also prepared from asses' milk and cow's milk. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > other alcoholic drinks > [noun] > from milk cosmos1598 koumiss1598 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > other distilled liquor > [noun] > others koumiss1598 nugs of balm1609 rakia1613 pariah-arrack1671 stalagma1684 fenouillette1706 aguardiente1752 fennel water1757 rakia1778 mahua1810 mahua-arrack1813 kirschwasser1819 mescal1826 still-spirit1832 mobbie1833 zibib1836 potato spirit1839 mowra1846 tequila1849 Jersey lightning1852 petit baume1858 kirsch1869 mastic1876 Hoochinoo1877 mastic brandy1883 mastika1889 hooch1897 ouzo1897 milk-whisky1906 mahua spirit1920 shochu1938 mirabelle1940 tsipouro1947 mahua liquor1961 Mao-tai1962 changaa1975 reposado1982 1598 R. Hakluyt tr. W. de Rubruquis in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 97 Their drinke called Cosmos, which is mares milke. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 332 The Tartarians drinke Mares milke, which they dresse like white wine, and call it Chumis. 1723 in tr. F. C. Weber Present State Russia I. i. 276 [The Kalmucks] drink Kumis, a sort of Brandy drawn off from Mares-milk. 1771 Gentleman's Mag. 41 594 The sour milk which they [the Tartars] drink they call Kumisse. 1810 E. D. Clarke Trav. Var. Countries: Pt. 1st xii. 239 A subsequent process of distillation afterwards obtains an ardent spirit from the koumiss. 1876 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. ii. 21 By the fermentation of mare's-milk an alcoholic liquor, named koumiss, is prepared in Tartary, and has been introduced into medical practice as a remedy for phthisis. 1892 Daily News 28 Dec. 5/4 Mrs. Isabel Hapgood..gives some interesting particulars of koumiss (or ‘kumys’, as she prefers to spell it). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1598 |
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