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The act of perceiving or tasting by the organs of taste; the faculty or sense by which we perceive or distinguish savors.

To try tasting, as food or drink. [Obs.]

Tasting of cork.

Containing corn; tasting well of malt. [R.] A draught of moist and corny ale. Chaucer.

Tasting; the appreciation of sapid qualities by the taste organs. Bp. Hall.

Act of tasting; a slight trial. [Obs.] Berkeley.

The sense or pleasure of tasting; relish; gusto. An ox will relish the tender flesh of kids with as much gust and appetite. Jer. Taylor.

The act of tasting. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

pple, and of an ovoid shape. Some varieties are fleshy and luscious, and others tough and tasting of turpentine. The green fruit is pickled for market.

A genus of plants,mostly herbs, with acid-tasting trifoliolate or multifoliolate leaves; -- called also wood sorrel.

Tasting beforehand; having a foretaste. [R.] Ed. Rev.

The act of tasting beforehand; foretaste. [R.] Dr. Walker (1678).

A. tasting beforehand, or by anticipation; a foretaste; as, a prelibation of heavenly bliss.

Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil; hence, fresh; rich. The racy wine, Late from the mellowing cask restored to light. Pope.

have lost while we abstained From this delightful fruit, nor known till now True relish, tasting. Milton. When liberty is gone, Life grows insipid, and has lost its relish. Addison.

Of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt; prepared or preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted; as, salt beef; salt water. "Salt tears." Chaucer.

To use the sense of taste. [Obs.] By sight, hearing, smelling, tasting or savoring, and feeling. Chaucer.

To make a noise by the separation of the lips after tasting anything.

attering manner; to sputter. That mind must needs be irrecoverably depraved, which, . . . tasting but once of one just deed, spatters at it, and abhors the relish ever after. Milton.

Resembling or containing sugar; tasting of sugar; sweet. Spenser.