Medical Definition of Samshu
1. A spirituous liquor distilled by the Chinese from the yeasty liquor in which boiled rice has fermented under pressure. Origin: Chinese san-shao thrice fired. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Samshu
Literary usage of Samshu
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society by Shanghai Literary and Scientific Society, North-China Branch, China Branch (1882)
"samshu-BREWING IN NORTH CHINA. ... BK Whilst at Tientsin in the winter 1878-1879,
I visited two of the samshu breweries in the suburbs of that city, ..."
2. Manchuria: Its People, Resources and Recent History by Alexander Hosie (1901)
"... salt and samshu (shao-chiu), a native spirit, which deserve a more detailed
description, and it is with these that I propose to deal in this chapter. ..."
3. Mount Omi and Beyond: A Record of Travel on the Thibetan Border by Archibald John Little (1901)
"... Lung Chang—Fellow Travellers— Lion Bridge—Coal-mine—Fossil
Bridge—Millet—samshu—Grass- cloth—Triumphal Arches—Monolith Transported on Men's
Shoulders, ..."
4. Manchuria, Its People, Resources and Recent History: With Map, Diagrams and by Alexander Hosie (1904)
"... salt and samshu (shao-chiu), a native spirit, which deserve a more detailed
description, and it is with these that I propose to deal in this chapter. ..."
5. A Voyage to China: Including a Visit to the Bombay Presidency; the Mahratta by Julius Berncastle (1850)
"... Washerwomen—Their Interesting Appearance—Their Gratitude to their Customers —Trading
with the Sailors—Prices of the various Articles of Drese—samshu, ..."
6. Journals Kept by Mr. Gully and Capt. Denham During a Captivity in China in by Gully, Robert Gully, Denham (1844)
"We have no cash left to buy samshu, so I am expecting a precious attack of piles.
God bless you. If any thing occurs before Keen comes I will add to this. ..."
7. Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society by Shanghai Literary and Scientific Society, North-China Branch, China Branch (1882)
"samshu-BREWING IN NORTH CHINA. ... BK Whilst at Tientsin in the winter 1878-1879,
I visited two of the samshu breweries in the suburbs of that city, ..."
8. Manchuria: Its People, Resources and Recent History by Alexander Hosie (1901)
"... salt and samshu (shao-chiu), a native spirit, which deserve a more detailed
description, and it is with these that I propose to deal in this chapter. ..."
9. Mount Omi and Beyond: A Record of Travel on the Thibetan Border by Archibald John Little (1901)
"... Lung Chang—Fellow Travellers— Lion Bridge—Coal-mine—Fossil
Bridge—Millet—samshu—Grass- cloth—Triumphal Arches—Monolith Transported on Men's
Shoulders, ..."
10. Manchuria, Its People, Resources and Recent History: With Map, Diagrams and by Alexander Hosie (1904)
"... salt and samshu (shao-chiu), a native spirit, which deserve a more detailed
description, and it is with these that I propose to deal in this chapter. ..."
11. A Voyage to China: Including a Visit to the Bombay Presidency; the Mahratta by Julius Berncastle (1850)
"... Washerwomen—Their Interesting Appearance—Their Gratitude to their Customers —Trading
with the Sailors—Prices of the various Articles of Drese—samshu, ..."
12. Journals Kept by Mr. Gully and Capt. Denham During a Captivity in China in by Gully, Robert Gully, Denham (1844)
"We have no cash left to buy samshu, so I am expecting a precious attack of piles.
God bless you. If any thing occurs before Keen comes I will add to this. ..."
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