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kumys

kumys


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Koumiss  \Kou"miss\,  n.  [Russ.  kumys;  of  Mongolian  origin.] 
  An  intoxicating  fermented  or  distilled  liquor  originally  made 
  by  the  Tartars  from  mare's  or  camel's  milk.  It  can  be 
  obtained  from  any  kind  of  milk,  and  is  now  largely  made  in 
  Europe.  [Written  also  {koumyss},  {kumiss},  {kumish},  and 
  {kumys}.] 
 
  Koumiss  has  from  time  immemorial  served  the  Tartar 
  instead  of  wine  or  spirits.  --J.  H. 
  Newman.