seasoning

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.To render suitable or appropriate; to prepare; to fit. [1913 Webster]

He is fit and seasoned for his passage.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To fit for any use by time or habit; to habituate; to accustom; to inure; to ripen; to mature; as, to season one to a climate. [1913 Webster]

3.Hence, to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices; as, to season timber. [1913 Webster]

4.To fit for taste; to render palatable; to give zest or relish to; to spice; as, to season food. [1913 Webster]

5.Hence, to fit for enjoyment; to render agreeable. [1913 Webster]

You season still with sports your serious hours.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

The proper use of wit is to season conversation.— Tillotson.[1913 Webster]

6.To qualify by admixture; to moderate; to temper. "When mercy seasons justice." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

7.To imbue; to tinge or taint. "Who by his tutor being seasoned with the love of the truth." --Fuller. [1913 Webster]

Season their younger years with prudent and pious principles.— Jer. Taylor.[1913 Webster]

8.To copulate with; to impregnate. [R.] --Holland. [1913 Webster]

1.The act or process by which anything is seasoned. [1913 Webster]

2.That which is added to any species of food, to give it a higher relish, as salt, spices, etc.; a condiment. [1913 Webster]

3.Hence, something added to enhance enjoyment or relieve dullness; as, wit is the seasoning of conversation. [1913 Webster]

Political speculations are of so dry and austere a nature, that they will not go down with the public without frequent seasonings.— Addison.[1913 Webster]

Seasoning tub (Bakery), a trough in which dough is set to rise. --Knight. [1913 Webster]