savorous, savourous (savor us)

[ Hir mouth that is so gracious, So swete, and eke so saverous . Rom . of the Rose , 1. 2812. 2. To exhibit the characteristics of; partake of savory1, savoury (sa'vor-i), a. [ME. savor i , the nature of; indicate the presence of; have the flavor or quality of. I cannot abide anything that savours the poor overworn cut. B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, ii. 1. His father, being very averse to this way (as no way savoring the power of religion),... hardly... consented to his coming hither. Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 203. joy; like. savery; -y1.] Having a flavor. If salt be vnsauori, in what thing schulen ze make it sauori ? Wyclif , Mark ix. 50. Tho that sitten in the sonne-syde sonner aren rype, Swettour and saueriour and also more grettoure Than tho that selde hauen the sonne and sitten in the north-half. Piers Plowman (C), xix. 65. 2. Having savor or relish; pleasing to the organs of taste or smell (especially the former); 3t. To care for; relish; take pleasure in; en appetizing; palatable; hence, agreeable in general: as, savory dishes; a savory odor. Let hunger moue thy appetyte, and not savery sauces. Babees Book (E. E. T. Š.), p. 105. And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat. Gen. xxvii. 4. They [Tonquinese] dre their food very cleanly, and make it savory : for which they have several ways unknown in Europe. Dampier , Voyages, II. i. 30. 31. Morally pleasing; morally or religiously edifying. Savour no more than thee bihove shal. Chaucer , Truth, 1. 5. He savoureth neither meate, wine, nor ale. Sir T. More, The Twelve Properties of a Lover. Thou savour est [mindest, R. V.] not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. Mat. xvi. 23. Sometime the plainest and the most intelligible rehearsal of them [psalms) yet they [the reformers] savour not, because it is done by interlocution. Hooker , Eccles. Polity, v. 37. Savours himself alone, is only kind And loving to himself. B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, iii. 2. One of Cromwell's chief difficulties was to restrain his pikemen and dragoons from invading by main force the pulpits of ministers whose discourses, to use the language of that time, were not savoury . Macaulay, Hist. Eng., i. Whan the gaye gerles were in-to the gardin come, Faire floures the i founde of fele maner hewes, That swete were of sau or & to the sizt gode. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 816. A savour that may strike the dullest nostril. Shak ., W. T., i. 2. 421. 34. An odorous substance; a perfume. There were also that used precious perfumes and sweet savors when they bathed themselves. North , tr. of Plutarch, p. 576. 4. Characteristic property; distinctive flavor or quality. IMG:content-0174.png:[blocks in formation] Good conscience, goo preche to the post; Thi councel sauerith not my tast. I canna see why I suld be termed a Cameron i an, espeHymns to Virgin , etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 61. cially now that ye hae given the name of that famous and 5. To give savor or flavor to; season. Fele kyn fisc he Summe baken in bred, sum me brad on the glede, Summe sothen, sum me in sewe, sauered with spyces, & ay sawes so sleze, that the segge lyked. Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 891. The Romans, it would appear, made great use of the leek for savouring their dishes. Encyc. Brit., XIV. 409. savorert, savourert (sā'vor-ér), n. One who savors or smacks of something; one who favors or takes pleasure in something. something. The savour of death from all things there that live. Milton , P. L., x. 269. The savour of heaven perpetually upon my spirit. Baxter . 5. Name; repute; reputation; character. Ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of savorily, savourily (sā'vor-i-li), adv . 1. In a IMG:content-0175.png:[blocks in formation] I finde no sauour in a meetre of three sillables, nor in effect in any odde; but they may be vsed for varietie sake. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 58. =Syn. 1. Flavor, Smack, etc. See taste.-2. Scent, Fragrance, etc. See smell. She [Lady Eleanor Cobham] was, it seems, a great sa vourer and favourer of Wickliffe's opinions. Fuller, Ch. Hist., IV. ii. 61. savory manner; with a pleasing relish. Sure there's a dearth of wit in this dull town, When silly plays so savourily [Globe ed., savourly ] go down. Dryden, King Arthur, Prol., 1. 2. The better sort have Fowls and Fish, with which the Markets are plentifully stored, and sometimes Buffaloes flesh, all which is drest very savourily with Pepper and Garlick. Dampier , Voyages, II. i. 129. 2t. With gusto or appetite; heartily; with relish. Hoard up the finest play-scraps you can get, upon which your lean wit may most savourily feed, for want of other stuff. Dekker, Gull's Hornbook, p. 149. savorine , savourine (sā'vor-i-nes), n. Savory character or quality; pleasing taste or smell: as, the savorine of an orange or of meat. savor, savour (sā'vor), v . [ sa- voren, saveren, savourer = Pr. saborar = Sp. Pg. saborear = It. sapor are , sapor are, taste, savor (cf. LL. sapor at us, seasoned, savory), Nay, thou shalt drynken of another tonne Er that I go, shal savoure wors than ale. Chaucer, Prol. to Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 171. But there thai wol be greet and savoure well. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 83. savorynge; verbal n. of savor, v.] Taste; the sense of taste. Certes delices been after the appetites of the five wittes, as sighte, herynge, smellynge, savorynge , and touchynge. Chaucer , Parson's Tale. savorle , savourle (sā'vor-les), a. [ sa vor + -le .] Destitute of flavor; insipid. As a child that seeth a painted apple may be eager of it till he try that it is savourle , and then he careth for it no more. Baxter , Crucifying the World, § vi. savoury sufferer until a regimental band of souldiers, whereof I am told many can now curse, swear, and use profane language as fast as ever Richard Cameron could preach or pray. Scott, Heart of Mid-Lothian, xviii. savory2 (sā'vor-i), n. [Early mod. E. also saVorie, savery; ME. saturege ), F. savorée = Pr. sadreia = Sp. sagerida, axedrea = Pg. segurelha, cigurelha, saturagem = OIt. savor egg i a, savorella, It. sant or egg i a (with intrusive n ), satureja = ME. satureie = MLG. satu reie = G. saturei = Dan. saturej = Pol. czaber, czabr = OBulg. shetraj, shetraja, IMG:content-0176.png:[blocks in formation] savory savory: see Satureia. As with other plant names of unobvious meaning, the word has suffered much variation in popular speech.] A plant of the genus Satureia, chiefly S. hortensis, the summer savory, and S. montana, the winter savory, both natives of southern Europe. They are low, homely, aromatic herbs, cultivated in gardens for seasoning in cookery. S. Thymbra of the Mediterranean region is a small evergreen bush, with nearly the flavor of thyme. In these Indies there is an her be much lyke vnto a yelowe lyllie, abowte whose leaues there growe and creepe certeyne cordes or laces, as the lyke is partly seene in the her be which we caule lased sauery . R. Eden, tr. of Gonzalus Oviedus (First Books on Ameri[ca, ed. Arber, p. 230). Now savery seede in fatte undounged londe Dooth weel, and nygh the see best wol it stonde. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 81. savoy (sa-voi'), n. [So called from Savoy in France.] A variety of the common cabbage with a compact head and leaves reticulately wrinkled. It is much cultivated for winter use, and has many subvarieties.