Defn: To taste. [Obs.] Cockeram.
DEGUSTATION
Deg`us*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. degustatio: cf. F. dégustation.]
(Physiol.)
Defn: Tasting; the appreciation of sapid qualities by the taste organs. Bp. Hall.
DEHISCE
De*hisce", v. i. Etym: [L. dehiscere; de- + hiscere to gape.]
Defn: To gape; to open by dehiscence.
DEHISCENCE
De*his"cence, n. Etym: [Cf. F. déhiscence.]
1. The act of gaping.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: A gaping or bursting open along a definite line of attachment or suture, without tearing, as in the opening of pods, or the bursting of capsules at maturity so as to emit seeds, etc.; also, the bursting open of follicles, as in the ovaries of animals, for the expulsion of their contents.
DEHISCENT De*his"cent, a. Etym: [L. dehiscens, -entis, p. pr. Cf. F. déhiscent.]