samshu

alternative samshew · alternative samshoe · alternative samshoo · alternative samsu

1. uncountableA triple-distilled variety of rice-based baijiu.

   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.

   2003, Li Shizhen et al., Chinese Medicinal Herbs: A Modern Edition of a Classic Sixteenth-Century Manual

2. historicalobsoleteuncountableinexactSynonym of baijiu.

   Synonyms: baijiu