arak
- n any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses
- They practice it still by making arak, a grape-based anise-flavored drink.
- They bought off suspicious Lebanese rebels with cigarettes and bottles of a local brew named arak, steered by the North Star when the road disappeared in the desert.
- One night last week a volunteer stepped into Freddie's bar (Freddie worked nine years in Detroit factories) to order a drink of arak, a fiery, licorice-flavored distillate of .