Hypertext Webster Gateway: "spiced"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spice \Spice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spiced}; p. p. & vb. n.
{Spicing}.]
1. To season with spice, or as with spice; to mix aromatic or
pungent substances with; to flavor; to season; as, to
spice wine; to spice one's words with wit.
She 'll receive thee, but will spice thy bread With
flowery poisons. --Chapman.
2. To fill or impregnate with the odor of spices.
In the spiced Indian air, by night. --Shak.
3. To render nice or dainty; hence, to render scrupulous.
[Obs.] ``A spiced conscience.'' --Chaucer.
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