SAKE  , the See also:

• NATIONAL

national beverage of See also:

• JAPAN

Japan . In See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character it stands midway between See also:

• BEER

beer and See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine . It is made chiefly from See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice (see See also:

• BREWING

BREWING) . Sake contains 12 to 15% of See also:

• ALCOHOL

alcohol and about 3% of solid See also:

• MATTER

matter (extractives), 0.3% of lactic 54 See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid, a small quantity of volatile acid, 0.5% of See also:

• SUGAR

sugar and o•8 % of See also:

• GLYCERIN, GLYCERINE

glycerin . There are about 20,000 sake breweries in Japan, and the See also:

• ANNUAL

annual output is about 15o million gallons . Sake is a yellowish-See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white liquid, its flavour somewhat resembling that of See also:

• MADEIRA
• MADEIRA, or THE MADE1RAS

madeira or See also:

• SHERRY

sherry . It is warmed See also:

• PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)
• PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)

prior to See also:

• CONSUMPTION (Lat. consumere)

consumption, as the flavour is thereby improved and it is rendered more digestible . The name is said to be derived from the See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• OSAKA

Osaka which, from See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time immemorial, has been famous for its sake . According to Morewood it is probable that the wine called " See also:

• SACK

sack " in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England derived its name from the See also:

• JAPANESE

Japanese liquor, being introduced by See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish and Portuguese traders (see WINE) .