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tasting |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Taste \Taste\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tasted}; p. pr & vb n. {Tasting}.] [OE. tasten to feel to taste, OF taster, F. tater to feel to try by the touch, to try to taste, (assumed) LL taxitare fr L. taxare to touch sharply, to estimate. See {Tax}, v. t.] 1. To try by the touch; to handle; as to taste a bow. [Obs.] --Chapman. Taste it well and stone thou shalt it find --Chaucer. 2. To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish or flavor of anything by taking a small quantity into a mouth. Also used figuratively. When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine. --John ii 9. When Commodus had once tasted human blood, he became incapable of pity or remorse. --Gibbon. 3. To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of I tasted a little of this honey. --1 Sam. xiv. 29. 4. To become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to experience; to undergo. He . . . should taste death for every man. --Heb. ii 9. 5. To partake of to participate in -- usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure. Thou . . . wilt taste No pleasure, though in pleasure, solitary. --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tasting \Tast"ing\, n. The act of perceiving or tasting by the organs of taste; the faculty or sense by which we perceive or distinguish savors. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tasting n 1: distinguishing a taste by means of the taste buds; "he loved the smell and taste of fresh bread"; "a wine tasting" [syn: {taste}] 2: drinking small amounts slowly [syn: {sipping}] 3: taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality [syn: {savoring}, {relishing}]
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