‖ shrab Anglo-Indian.
(ʃrɔːb)
Also [7 sharab, scherab], 9 shraub.
[Urdū, a. (through Persian) Arab. sharāb wine, or any beverage, f. shariba to drink. Cf. sherbet, shrub n.2]
Wine, spirits, or a drink prepared with them.
| [1662 J. Davies tr. Mandelslo's Trav. 6 To treat his friends with Schiras Sharab. 1662 ― tr. Olearius' Voy. Amb. 175 A Bottle of Scherab or Persian Wine.] 1867 Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Shrab, a vile drugged drink prepared for seamen who frequent the filthy purlieus of Calcutta. 1886 Yule & Burnell Hobson-Jobson s.v. Sherbet, Port-shraub, Sherry-shraub, Lall-shraub, Brandy-shraub, Beer-shraub. 1888 Nature 19 July 269, I take brandy shrab, and get drunk like you. |