tastern.¹

Brit.

/ˈteɪstə/, U.S.

/ˈteɪstər/

Forms: Middle English–1500s tastour, Middle English tastar, taastowre, 1500s– taster.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman tastour = Old French tasteur , < Old French taster : see taste v. Later treated as agent-noun of the English verb: see -er suffix¹.

a. One who tastes, or tries the quality of a thing by tasting; spec. one whose office, business, or employment is to test the quality of victuals sold to the public, as ale, wine, tea, etc. by taste; hence in combination aletaster n., tea-taster n. Also figurative. In quot. 1596, the mouth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > food taster or tester > [noun]

sayer1422

tasterc1440

tempterc1450

forestaller1611

the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun] > one who or that which tests > one who

provera1382

sayer1422

tasterc1440

approver?1541

the world > life > the body > sense organ > taste organ > [noun]

taster1596

taste-bud1879

taste-bulb1883

taste-goblet1888

taste-cell1890

taste-beaker1901

taste-corpuscle-

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [noun]

moutheOE

billa1000

munc1400

mussa1529

mouc1540

gan1567

gob1568

bouche1582

oven1593

taster1596

Pipe Office1609

neba1616

gab1681

gam1724

mouthpiece1738

potato-trap1785

potato-jaw1791

fly-trapc1795

trap1796

mouthie1801

mug1820

gin-trap1824

rattletrap1824

box1830

mouf1836

bread trap1838

puss1844

tater-trap1846

gash1852

kissing trap1854

shop1855

north and south1858

mooey1859

kisser1860

gingerbread-trap1864

bazoo1877

bake1893

tattie-trap1894

yap1900

smush1930

gate1937

cakehole1943

motormouth1976

pie hole1983

geggie1985

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 487/1 Taastowre, gustator, ambro.

c1450 in Surtees Misc. (1888) 62 Two ale tastars, y^e qwhyche two tastars..schall taste the ale of all common brewers every weke.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. biiii^v To be vyntenars, discerners, and tasters of the same.

1596 J. Harington New Disc. Aiax sig. C7 Riding on a great sow, and holding before her taster, a dirtie pudding.

1633 G. Herbert Odour in Temple i As Amber-greese leaves a rich sent Unto the taster.

1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 79 Judicious tasters dilute hot liquors.

1854 J. R. Lowell Jrnl. Italy in Wks. (1890) I. 115 I reckon myself a good taster of dialects.

1867 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 314 I..demanded back my poor MS. from Murray, received it with some apologetic palaver (enclosing an opinion from his taster..), and much hope [etc.].

1905 Sat. Rev. 17 June 816/1 On the whole the first literary ‘taster’ of the MS. was, we think, justified in rejecting Coryat.

b. transferred. A device which tests as by tasting.

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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical tests > [noun] > devices involved in

taster1837

1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. III. 30 Which thus acted as a sort of electric taster.

2. A domestic officer whose duty it is to taste food and drink about to be served to his master, in order to ascertain their quality, or to detect poison.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [noun] > a test by tasting > one who tests by tasting

taster1387

assayer?c1400

tempterc1450

guster1609

essayer1611

smacker1648

pregustic1694

flesh-taster1766

taste-tester1969

1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VIII. 197 A monk..made a drink of venym,..and drank to þe kyng as it were his tastour.

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong at Eschanson A taster of meates to kinges or other.

1602 T. Fitzherbert Apol. 31 The Emperour Claudius, poysoned by his taster.

1662 H. Hibbert Syntagma Theologicum 206 Princes have their tasters before they eat, lest there should be poison in the dish.

1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 13 What, Miss, Will you be my Taster [of a dish of tea]?

1895 Westm. Gaz. 30 Oct. 3/2 Not a morsel or a drop ever passes the Sultan's lips, they say, until he has tried it first on a taster.

figurative.1640 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions xvii. 179 Knowledge is Appetites Taster.

3. An implement by which a small portion of anything is taken for tasting.

a. A small shallow cup of silver, often with an embossed or corrugated bottom which reflects the light through the liquor, for tasting wines.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [noun] > testing > instruments for testing

taster1420

cup of assayc1530

wine-piercerc1828

wine-taster1858

vinometer1863

tastevin1952

1420 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 46 A tastour of seluer with myn owne merke ymade in þe bottom.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 279/2 Tastour a lytell cuppe to tast wyne, tasse a gouster le uin.

1681 London Gaz. No. 1665/4 One Silver Brandy Taster, marked with R. H. A.

1704 London Gaz. No. 4055/4 Two long footed Silver Cups, one Taster.

1858 [see sense 3b].

b. An instrument by which a small portion is taken from the interior of a cheese; a skewer for testing the condition of hams.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [noun] > formation of cheese > tool for sampling cheese

cheese-taster1686

tasting-knife1757

taster1784

pale1816

spyler1844

1784 J. Twamley Dairying Exemplified 79 I told her Cheese of that countenance always was sweet. I put my taster into one and gave it her to taste.

1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude I. iii. 52 Pocketing the cheese-taster.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Taster,..a scoop for tasting cheese; a skewer for trying hams; a dram cup.

4. A small portion of food, etc., or of anything, for a sample; a taste; spec., a portion of ice cream served in a shallow glass.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun] > a sample

taster1826

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > ices > [noun] > ice-cream > ice-cream dishes

plombière1818

Alaska1882

parfait1884

taster1891

sundae1892

pêche Melba1902

black and white1903

peach Melba1906

banana split1920

split1920

cassata1927

spumoni1929

Knickerbocker Glory1936

Melba1953

coupe1969

semifreddo1973

affogato1992

1826 S. Smith Granby in Wks. (1867) II. 90 It shall be the taster of the cheese, and we are convinced it will sell the whole article.

1891 Daily News 28 July 7/2 He went to the defendant's [an ice-cream vendor] stall in London-wall and asked him for a ‘taster’.

1899 Westm. Gaz. 20 May 2/1 The ‘taster’, a free gift bestowed of yore in order to retain the..goodwill of regular but temporarily impecunious customers.

1901 Daily Tel. 21 May 10 The irate signor..produced—not a half-penny taster for the policeman but a tattered copy of a work called ‘Law without Lawyers’.

1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 16 The Italian often known as an ice-cream Jack with his ice-cream barrow still follows his calling and no doubt the youngsters still ask for wafers and tasters.

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A person with an average ability to taste a specific substance (esp., in experiments, a bitter chemical such as phenylthiocarbamide), or who has an average degree of sensitivity to tastes or qualities of taste (bitter, sweet, etc.). Cf. supertaster n., non-taster n.

ΚΠ

1991 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 20 Aug. If he finds the propylthiouracil twice as bitter as the salt is salty, he is a supertaster. If he finds each taste sensation equally intense, he is a taster.

1997 Vancouver Sun 17 Feb. a5/1 Most men are ‘regular’ tasters.

2011 B. S. Guttman et al. Genetics iv. 58 About seventy percent of North American Caucasians are tasters.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	taster
释义	tastern.¹ Brit. /ˈteɪstə/, U.S. /ˈteɪstər/ Forms: Middle English–1500s tastour, Middle English tastar, taastowre, 1500s– taster. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman tastour = Old French tasteur , < Old French taster : see taste v. Later treated as agent-noun of the English verb: see -er suffix¹. 1. a. One who tastes, or tries the quality of a thing by tasting; spec. one whose office, business, or employment is to test the quality of victuals sold to the public, as ale, wine, tea, etc. by taste; hence in combination aletaster n., tea-taster n. Also figurative. In quot. 1596, the mouth. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > food taster or tester > [noun] sayer1422 tasterc1440 tempterc1450 forestaller1611 the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun] > one who or that which tests > one who provera1382 sayer1422 tasterc1440 approver?1541 the world > life > the body > sense organ > taste organ > [noun] taster1596 taste-bud1879 taste-bulb1883 taste-goblet1888 taste-cell1890 taste-beaker1901 taste-corpuscle- the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [noun] moutheOE billa1000 munc1400 mussa1529 mouc1540 gan1567 gob1568 bouche1582 oven1593 taster1596 Pipe Office1609 neba1616 gab1681 gam1724 mouthpiece1738 potato-trap1785 potato-jaw1791 fly-trapc1795 trap1796 mouthie1801 mug1820 gin-trap1824 rattletrap1824 box1830 mouf1836 bread trap1838 puss1844 tater-trap1846 gash1852 kissing trap1854 shop1855 north and south1858 mooey1859 kisser1860 gingerbread-trap1864 bazoo1877 bake1893 tattie-trap1894 yap1900 smush1930 gate1937 cakehole1943 motormouth1976 pie hole1983 geggie1985 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 487/1 Taastowre, gustator, ambro. c1450 in Surtees Misc. (1888) 62 Two ale tastars, y^e qwhyche two tastars..schall taste the ale of all common brewers every weke. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. biiii^v To be vyntenars, discerners, and tasters of the same. 1596 J. Harington New Disc. Aiax sig. C7 Riding on a great sow, and holding before her taster, a dirtie pudding. 1633 G. Herbert Odour in Temple i As Amber-greese leaves a rich sent Unto the taster. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 79 Judicious tasters dilute hot liquors. 1854 J. R. Lowell Jrnl. Italy in Wks. (1890) I. 115 I reckon myself a good taster of dialects. 1867 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 314 I..demanded back my poor MS. from Murray, received it with some apologetic palaver (enclosing an opinion from his taster..), and much hope [etc.]. 1905 Sat. Rev. 17 June 816/1 On the whole the first literary ‘taster’ of the MS. was, we think, justified in rejecting Coryat. b. transferred. A device which tests as by tasting. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical tests > [noun] > devices involved in taster1837 1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. III. 30 Which thus acted as a sort of electric taster. 2. A domestic officer whose duty it is to taste food and drink about to be served to his master, in order to ascertain their quality, or to detect poison. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [noun] > a test by tasting > one who tests by tasting taster1387 assayer?c1400 tempterc1450 guster1609 essayer1611 smacker1648 pregustic1694 flesh-taster1766 taste-tester1969 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VIII. 197 A monk..made a drink of venym,..and drank to þe kyng as it were his tastour. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong at Eschanson A taster of meates to kinges or other. 1602 T. Fitzherbert Apol. 31 The Emperour Claudius, poysoned by his taster. 1662 H. Hibbert Syntagma Theologicum 206 Princes have their tasters before they eat, lest there should be poison in the dish. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 13 What, Miss, Will you be my Taster [of a dish of tea]? 1895 Westm. Gaz. 30 Oct. 3/2 Not a morsel or a drop ever passes the Sultan's lips, they say, until he has tried it first on a taster. figurative.1640 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions xvii. 179 Knowledge is Appetites Taster. 3. An implement by which a small portion of anything is taken for tasting. a. A small shallow cup of silver, often with an embossed or corrugated bottom which reflects the light through the liquor, for tasting wines. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [noun] > testing > instruments for testing taster1420 cup of assayc1530 wine-piercerc1828 wine-taster1858 vinometer1863 tastevin1952 1420 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 46 A tastour of seluer with myn owne merke ymade in þe bottom. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 279/2 Tastour a lytell cuppe to tast wyne, tasse a gouster le uin. 1681 London Gaz. No. 1665/4 One Silver Brandy Taster, marked with R. H. A. 1704 London Gaz. No. 4055/4 Two long footed Silver Cups, one Taster. 1858 [see sense 3b]. b. An instrument by which a small portion is taken from the interior of a cheese; a skewer for testing the condition of hams. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [noun] > formation of cheese > tool for sampling cheese cheese-taster1686 tasting-knife1757 taster1784 pale1816 spyler1844 1784 J. Twamley Dairying Exemplified 79 I told her Cheese of that countenance always was sweet. I put my taster into one and gave it her to taste. 1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude I. iii. 52 Pocketing the cheese-taster. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Taster,..a scoop for tasting cheese; a skewer for trying hams; a dram cup. 4. A small portion of food, etc., or of anything, for a sample; a taste; spec., a portion of ice cream served in a shallow glass. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun] > a sample taster1826 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > ices > [noun] > ice-cream > ice-cream dishes plombière1818 Alaska1882 parfait1884 taster1891 sundae1892 pêche Melba1902 black and white1903 peach Melba1906 banana split1920 split1920 cassata1927 spumoni1929 Knickerbocker Glory1936 Melba1953 coupe1969 semifreddo1973 affogato1992 1826 S. Smith Granby in Wks. (1867) II. 90 It shall be the taster of the cheese, and we are convinced it will sell the whole article. 1891 Daily News 28 July 7/2 He went to the defendant's [an ice-cream vendor] stall in London-wall and asked him for a ‘taster’. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 20 May 2/1 The ‘taster’, a free gift bestowed of yore in order to retain the..goodwill of regular but temporarily impecunious customers. 1901 Daily Tel. 21 May 10 The irate signor..produced—not a half-penny taster for the policeman but a tattered copy of a work called ‘Law without Lawyers’. 1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 16 The Italian often known as an ice-cream Jack with his ice-cream barrow still follows his calling and no doubt the youngsters still ask for wafers and tasters. Draft additions June 2012 A person with an average ability to taste a specific substance (esp., in experiments, a bitter chemical such as phenylthiocarbamide), or who has an average degree of sensitivity to tastes or qualities of taste (bitter, sweet, etc.). Cf. supertaster n., non-taster n. ΚΠ 1991 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 20 Aug. If he finds the propylthiouracil twice as bitter as the salt is salty, he is a supertaster. If he finds each taste sensation equally intense, he is a taster. 1997 Vancouver Sun 17 Feb. a5/1 Most men are ‘regular’ tasters. 2011 B. S. Guttman et al. Genetics iv. 58 About seventy percent of North American Caucasians are tasters. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022). tastern.² /ˈtɑːstə//ˈtastə/ Etymology: < German taster feeler, antenna, < tasten to feel, touch. Zoology. In certain Hydrozoa, A modified zooid situated on the polypstem, and somewhat resembling the polypites, but having no mouth; a hydrocyst or feeler. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Hydrozoa > member of > zooid > modified zooid (tentacle) hydrocyst1869 taster1885 1885 Standard Nat. Hist. I. 100 Alternating with the polypites at intervals along the polypstem are found very curious bodies called tasters, which have a close likeness to the flask-shaped zoöids. 1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 770 Siphonophora... The various parts..(1) The polypite or gastrozooid... (2) Hydrocysts or feelers (= Taster of German writers)... These structures are polypites in which the distal or oral extremity is imperforate and usually armed with cnidoblasts. The pedicle is absent or short.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.¹1387n.²1885
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