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▪ I. savouring, vbl. n.|ˈseɪvərɪŋ|
[f. savour v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the vb. savour in various senses.
c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋885 Thy fiue wittes, that been sighte, herynge, smellyng, tastynge or sauourynge, and feelynge. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode i. lxxii. (1869) 42 Ne that shulde not meeue thee that at the taast, and at the sighte, at the smellinge, and at the sauouringe, bred and wyn it may seeme thee. a1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 59 Touchinge, and cussinge and saweringe made of fals delite that Eue dede to ete the apille. 1574tr. Life 70 Archb. Canterb. C v b, If they had been closed in lead, and well spiced,..they might haue been kepte from sauoringe yet a while.
†2. concr. A perfume. Obs.
1382Wyclif Rev. v. 8. Golden fioles ful of saueringis, whiche ben the preyers of seyntis.
†3. Something that gives a faint notion. Obs.
1513Douglas æneis i. Prol. 44 Ȝit with your leif, Virgill..I wald..Write sum savoring of thi Eneados.
▪ II. ˈsavouring, ppl. a.
[f. savour v. + -ing2.]
1. Having a (defined) smell or taste.
1578Lyte Dodoens i. i. 2 The highe Almaignes do call it..sweete smelling, or sauering Southrenwood. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 44 Sueit sairing flouris. 1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 39 Cynamon water..helpeth a bad or evil savouring breath.
2. Pleasing, relishing.
1598Daniel Civ. Wars i. xciv, He who had no thought so hie to clime (With savouring comfort still allur'd along).
3. Imparting savour or relish.
1886Athenæum 17 Apr. 517/2 The lotos there has its sweets sharpened with a savouring bitterness. |