samshu

English

Alternative forms

• samshoo (archaic)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Cantonese 三燒／三烧 (saam1 siu1, “thrice burnt”).

Noun

samshu (uncountable)

1. A strong Chinese wine distilled from rice.
   • 2003, Shizhen Li, Porter Smith, George Arthur Stuart, Chinese Medicinal Herbs: A Modern Edition of a Classic Sixteenth-century Manual:

     It would seem to be a purer ethyl spirit than samshu and other forms, as it does not have the delirient action possessed by many of these, which seem to contain large percentages of methyl spirit.

Anagrams

• Shamus, shamus