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Webster 1913 Edition


Taster

Tast′er

(tāst′ẽr)
,
Noun.
1.
One who tastes; especially, one who first tastes food or drink to ascertain its quality.
Thy tutor be thy
taster
, ere thou eat.
Dryden.
2.
That in which, or by which, anything is tasted, as, a dram cup, a cheese taster, or the like.
3.
(Zool.)
One of a peculiar kind of zooids situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophora. They somewhat resemble the feeding zooids, but are destitute of mouths. See
Siphonophora
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Taster

TASTER

,
Noun.
One who tastes.
1.
One who first tastes food or liquor.
Thy tutor be thy taster, e'er thou eat.
2.
A dram cup.