Spice

spis, n. A vegetable production, fragrant or aromatic to the smell and pungent to the taste; that which resembles spice, or enriches or alters the quality of a thing in a small degree a small quantity. — v. [spiced (splst), spicing.] To season with spice to or impregnate with the odor of spices. [OF. espice, L. species, a particular sort or kind, a species, in LateL. spices, drugs, etc., of the same sort.] — Spi'cer, n. One who seasons with, or deals in spice.— Spi'cery, -ser-T, n. Spices in gen- — eral; a repository of spices. Spi'cy, a. [-C1ER; -ciest.] Producing, pert. to. or abounding with, spices; pungent; racy; aromatic; fragrant; smart. Spick and span new. See under Span-new.