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

See Aleconner. [Eng.]

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

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.

inspect the measures used in public houses. But the office is a sinecure. [Also called aletaster.] [Eng.]

A seller or maker of ballads; a poetaster. Shak.

A chitinous piece between the metasternum and the pleuron of certain insects.

The works of a poetaster. [R.]

A poetaster. Swinburne.

One who makes rhymes; a versifier; -- generally in contempt; a poor poet; a poetaster. This would make them soon perceive what despicaple creatures our common rhymers and playwriters be. Milton.

. -- Tea table, a table on which tea furniture is set, or at which tea is drunk. -- Tea taster, one who tests or ascertains the quality of tea by tasting. -- Tea tree (Bot.), the tea plant of China. See Tea plant, above. -- Tea urn, a vessel generally in the form of an urn or vase, for supplying hot water for steep…

A writer of verses; especially, a writer of commonplace poetry; a poetaster; a rhymer; -- used humorously or in contempt.

The posterior segment, or extremity, of the sternum; -- sometimes called metasternum, ensiform cartilage, ensiform process, or xiphoid process.