Savoring

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

savoring
    n 1: 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}, {savoring}, {savouring},
         {relishing}, {degustation}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Savor \Sa"vor\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Savored}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Savoring}.] [Cf. OF. savorer, F. savourer. See {Savor}, n.]
   [Written also {savour}.]
   1. To have a particular smell or taste; -- with of.
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   2. To partake of the quality or nature; to indicate the
      presence or influence; to smack; -- with of.
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            This savors not much of distraction.  --Shak.
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            I have rejected everything that savors of party.
                                                  --Addison.
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   3. To use the sense of taste. [Obs.]
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            By sight, hearing, smelling, tasting or savoring,
            and feeling.                          --Chaucer.
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