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To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow. [Obs.] Chapman. Taste it well and stone thou shalt it find. Chaucer.

Having a high relish; savory. "Tasteful herbs." Pope.

Having no taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless fruit.

One who tastes; especially, one who first tastes food or drink to ascertain its quality. Thy tutor be thy taster, ere thou eat. Dryden.

A taste which remains in the mouth after eating or drinking.

See Aleconner. [Eng.]

To taste or cause to taste. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A placing among the stars; a catalogue of stars. The catasterisms of Eratosthenes. Whewell.

Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish. Bacon.

Unpleasant or disgusting to the taste; nauseous; loathsome.

Tending to excite distaste. [Obs.] -- n.

A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation.

One who tastes beforehand, or before another.

One who has but a smattering of Latin. Walker.

Of or pertaining to the metasternum.

The most posterior element of the sternum; the ensiform process; xiphisternum.

n inferior rhymer, or writer of verses; a dabbler in poetic art. The talk of forgotten poetasters. Macaulay.

To deprive of a taste for a thing. [R.] Daniel.

A resinous obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether. Watts.

Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit; sharp and harsh.