kumiss
Americannoun
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fermented mare's or camel's milk, used as a beverage by Asian nomads.
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a similar drink prepared from other milk, especially that of the cow, and used for dietetic and medicinal purposes.
noun
Etymology
Origin of kumiss
1590–1600; < Russian kumys < Turkic kιmιz
Example Sentences
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A light diet such as bread, milk, eggs, nourishing soups, kumiss and a little fresh fish, broiled steak, etc., may be used.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter
They drink a beverage called kumiss, which is fermented mare's milk.
From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Robert Shea
Young chicks who have lost their mothers by death, and whose fathers are of a shiftless and improvident nature, may be fed on kumiss, two parts; moxie, eight parts; distilled water, ten parts.
From A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories by Edgar Wilson
You may put out some kumiss and biscuit for me.”
From A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays by Willa Sibert Cather
The kumiss was bitter and very nasty, but my father and my uncle Stephen Behrs were very fond of it, and drank it in large quantities.
From Reminiscences of Tolstoy by George Calderon
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