also abkary, abcaree, aubkaury. [a. Pers. āb-kār water (liquor)-business, a distillery, with connecting particle -i-.] The manufacture or sale of spirituous liquors; hence in Anglo-Indian, the excise duty levied upon such manufacture and sale. (Col. Yule.)
1797. Bengal Regulations, x. 33. The stamps are to have the words ‘Abcaree licenses’ inscribed in the Persian and Hindee languages and character.
1857. Calcutta Rev., Dec., 282. The Abkari settlement is made … in the following manner.
