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
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The mares were milked, and from the milk kumiss was made.
From What Men Live By and Other Tales by Aylmer Maude
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
They talked a while, and after drinking some more kumiss and eating some more mutton, they had tea again, and then the night came on.
From What Men Live By and Other Tales by Aylmer Maude
Their universal kumiss, corresponding to the Turkish yaourt, or coagulated milk, and other forms of lacteal dishes, sometimes mixed with meal, form the chief diet of the poor.
From Across Asia on a Bicycle by Thomas Gaskell Allen
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