The tasting of food or drink before serving, formerly practised in a royal or noble household as a precaution against poisoning. Obsolete. rare.
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释义 | the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [noun] > a test by tasting > action of testing (4) credencea1475 The tasting of food or drink before serving, formerly practised in a royal or noble household as a precaution against poisoning. Obsolete. rare. sayc1475 Frequently in to take (a, the) say. The action or an act of tasting food or drink, before it is presented to a person of high rank, in order to test… assay1547 The act, latterly perhaps nothing more than complimentary, of tasting the food or drink before giving it to an exalted personage. Obsolete exc. Histo… essay1598 A taste, or first taste, of food or drink presented to a great personage; = assay, n. 12. Obsolete exc. Historical. |
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