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noun

Saki n. The alcoholic drink of Japan. It is made from rice; it is usually spelled sake.

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Etymology of 'Saki'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Saki" Quotes from Famous Books

... to the person of the Assyrian monarch was the Rab-saki, "the chief of the princes," or vizier. He is called the Rab-shakeh in the Old Testament, by the side of whom stood the Rab-saris, the Assyrian Rab-sa-risi, or "chief of the heads" of departments. ...

— Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs • Rev. A. H. Sayce

... SAKI, a beer of alcoholic quality made in Japan from rice by fermentation. It is drunk hot at meals, and is ...

— The Nuttall Encyclopaedia - Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge • Edited by Rev. James Wood

... kept in their richly-ornamented lacquered chests. They live chiefly on fish and rice, with various vegetables, vermicelli, eggs, sea-weed, while cakes and sweetmeats vary their diet. Tea, sugar-water, saki, ...

— In the Eastern Seas • W.H.G. Kingston

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