Sa·vor, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Savored p. pr. & vb. n. Savoring.] [Written also savour.]
1. To have a particular smell or taste; -- with of.
2. To partake of the quality or nature; to indicate the presence or influence; to smack; -- with of.
This savors not much of distraction. --Shak.
I have rejected everything that savors of party. --Addison.
3. To use the sense of taste. [Obs.]
By sight, hearing, smelling, tasting or savoring, and feeling. --Chaucer.
savoring
n : taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality;
"cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed
most" [syn: tasting, savouring, relishing, degustation]