koumiss

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1. uncountableusuallyA fermented drink made from mare's milk, common among peoples of the Central Asian steppes.

   [Of a Persian wine] One name for this wine was 黑水晶 "black crystal"; it has also been confused with koumiss.

   1898, Herbert Allen Giles, A Chinese Biographical Dictionary, page 12

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   Here, for example—a Scythian koumiss vessel, third century B.C. You can clearly see the Greek influence, especially in the friezework.

   2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, page 688