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Spice :: Spice (n.) A vegetable production of many kinds, fragrant or aromatic and pungent to the taste, as pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, allspice, ginger, cloves, etc., which are used in cookery and to flavor sauces, pickles, etc..

Spice :: Spice (v. t.) To render nice or dainty; hence, to render scrupulous..

Aromatic :: Aromatic (n.) A plant, drug, or medicine, characterized by a fragrant smell, and usually by a warm, pungent taste, as ginger, cinnamon, spices..

Flavor :: Flavor (v. t.) To give flavor to; to add something (as salt or a spice) to, to give character or zest..

Illicium :: Illicium (n.) A genus of Asiatic and American magnoliaceous trees, having star-shaped fruit; star anise. The fruit of Illicium anisatum is used as a spice in India, and its oil is largely used in Europe for flavoring cordials, being almost identical with true oil of anise..

Spicebush :: Spicebush (n.) Spicewood.

Garble :: Garble (n.) Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; -- also called garblings..

Embalm :: Embalm (v. t.) To anoint all over with balm; especially, to preserve from decay by means of balm or other aromatic oils, or spices; to fill or impregnate (a dead body), with aromatics and drugs that it may resist putrefaction..

Incense :: Incense (n.) The perfume or odors exhaled from spices and gums when burned in celebrating religious rites or as an offering to some deity.

Oxymel :: Oxymel (n.) A mixture of honey, water, vinegar, and spice, boiled to a sirup..

Cense :: Cense (v. t.) To perfume with odors from burning gums and spices.

Spicewood :: Spicewood (n.) An American shrub (Lindera Benzoin), the bark of which has a spicy taste and odor; -- called also Benjamin, wild allspice, and fever bush..

Sangaree :: Sangaree (n.) Wine and water sweetened and spiced, -- a favorite West Indian drink..

Mull :: Mull (v. t.) To heat, sweeten, and enrich with spices; as, to mull wine..

Spicy :: Spicy (superl.) Producing, or abounding with, spices..

Garble :: Garble (v. t.) To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; as, to garble spices..

Spicery :: Spicery (n.) Spices, in general..

Punch :: Punch (n.) A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; -- specifically named from the kind of spirit used; as rum punch, claret punch, champagne punch, etc..

Spice :: Spice (n.) Figuratively, that which enriches or alters the quality of a thing in a small degree, as spice alters the taste of food; that which gives zest or pungency; a slight flavoring; a relish; hence, a small quantity or admixture; a sprinkling; as, a spice of mischief..

Pound :: Pound (v. t.) To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt..

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