savour

An aroma or smell.

And Noe [Noah] made an aulter vnto the LORDE⸝ and toke of all maner of clene beaſtes and all maner of clene foules⸝ and offred ſacrifyce vppon the aulter. And the LORDE ſmellyd a ſwete ſavoure and ſayd in his hert: I wyll henceforth no more curſe the erth for mannes ſake⸝ […]

Matr[euis]. Gurney, I vvonder the king dies not, / Being in a vault vp to the knees in vvater, / To vvhich the channels of the caſtell runne, / […] / Gurn[ey]. And ſo do I, Matreuis: yeſternight / I opened but the doore to throvv him meate, / And I vvas almoſt ſtifeled vvith the ſauor.

The quality which the sense of taste detects; also (countable), a specific flavour or taste, especially one different from the predominant one.

[B]y our Sences which conceiue al Colours, Sounds, Sents, Sauors, and Féelings; wée may ſee, heare, ſmell, taſt, and feele, that one ſelfſame workman made both the Sences, and the things that are ſubiect to the Sences.

Cyders differ one from another eſpecially in colour and ſauour or reliſh.

The quality which the sense of taste detects; also (countable), a specific flavour or taste, especially one different from the predominant one.

Ye are the ſalte of the earth: but if the ſalte haue loſt his ſauour, vvherevvith ſhal it be ſalted? It is thenceforthe good for nothing, but to be caſt out, & to be troden vnder fote of men.

His houſe is as empty of Religion, as the vvhite of an Egg is of ſavour.

A distinctive sensation like a flavour or taste, or an aroma or smell.

[W]hy is not my life a continual Joy? and the ſavor of Heaven perpetually upon my ſpirit?

A particular quality, especially a small amount of it; a hint or trace of something.

Come ſir, this admiration is much of the ſauour of other your nevv prankes, I doe beſeech you vnderſtand my purpoſes aright, […]

To detect (a flavour or taste, or food or drink); to taste; specifically, to enjoy or linger on (a flavour or taste, or food and drink); to relish.

He closed his eyes so he could really savour his dessert.

To give (food or drink) flavour; to flavour, to season.

What Flesh is fitting for Man to Eat, / Until our Herbs do savour the Meat?

[S]alt they had none; the ashes of a species of palm was their substitute, and this could only be used for savouring food, not for curing it.

To detect (an aroma or smell, especially an appealing one); to smell.

VViſedome and goodnes, to the vild ſeeme vild, / Filths ſauor but themſelues, vvhat haue you done?

To enjoy (something) deeply or in a lingering manner; to appreciate, to delight in, to relish.

VVhẽ vvickednes vvas ſvvete in his mouthe, & he hid it vnder his tongue, / And ſauoured it, and vvolde not forſake it, but kept it cloſe in his mouth, / Then his meat in his bovvels vvas turned: the gall of aſpes vvas in the middes of hĩ [him].

[L]et me savor the sweetness of the name of Jesus as Thou [the Virgin Mary] savoredst it in thy heart, for it is just and meet, right and for our salvation, Queen of Heaven, thrice-blessed . . .

To find (something) appealing; to appreciate, to like.

The man that coueteth gold, conceiueth not goodneſſe, his appetite is of the earth, and thoſe that are earthly minded, ſauour not the things that are of God.

Here, ſtalkes me by a proud, and ſpangled ſir, / That lookes three hand-fuls higher then his fore-top; / Sauours himſelfe alone, is onely kind / And louing to himſelfe: […]