Hypertext Webster Gateway: "savoring"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Savor \Sa"vor\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Savored}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Savoring}.] [Cf. OF. savorer, F. savourer. See {Savor}, n.]
[Written also {savour}.]
1. To have a particular smell or taste; -- with of.
2. To partake of the quality or nature; to indicate the
presence or influence; to smack; -- with of.
This savors not much of distraction. --Shak.
I have rejected everything that savors of party.
--Addison.
3. To use the sense of taste. [Obs.]
By sight, hearing, smelling, tasting or savoring,
and feeling. --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
savoring
n : taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality;
"cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed
most" [syn: {tasting}, {savouring}, {relishing}, {degustation}]
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