| spice | 1. Species; kind. "The spices of penance ben three." (Chaucer) "Abstain you from all evil spice." (Wyclif (1. Thess,v. 22)) "Justice, although it be but one entire virtue, yet is described in two kinds of spices. The one is named justice distributive, the other is called commutative." (Sir T. Elyot) 2. 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. "Hast thou aught in thy purse [bag] any hot spices?" (Piers Plowman) 3. 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. "So much of the will, with a spice of the willful." (Coleridge) Origin: OE. Spice, spece, spice, species, OF. Espice, espece, F. Epice spice, espece species, fr. L. Species particular sort or kind, a species, a sight, appearance, show, LL, spices, drugs, etc, of the same sort, fr. L. Specere to look. See Spy, and cf. Species. 1. To season with spice, or as with spice; to mix aromatic or pungent substances with; to flavor; to season; as, to spice wine; to spice one's words with wit. "She 'll receive thee, but will spice thy bread With flowery poisons." (Chapman) 2. To fill or impregnate with the odour of spices. "In the spiced Indian air, by night." (Shak) 3. To render nice or dainty; hence, to render scrupulous. "A spiced conscience." Origin: Spiced; Spicing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| spicebush | <botany> Spicewood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spices | The dried seeds, bark, root, stems, buds, leaves, or fruit of aromatic plants used to season food. (12 Dec 1998) |
| spicewood | <botany> An American shrub (Lindera Benzoin), the bark of which has a spicy taste and odour; called also Benjamin, wild allspice, and fever bush. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
Synonyms : Spice
| spice | the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored |
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| spice | any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food |
| spice | aromatic substances of vegetable origin used as a preservative |
| spice | make more interesting or flavorful, either in the literal or in a metaphorical sense |
| spice | add herbs or spices to |
| spice | deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries |
| spice | cake flavored with spices |
| spice | cookie flavored with spices |
| spice | a group of island in eastern Indonesia between Celebes and New Guinea |
| spice | a rack for displaying containers filled with spices |
| spice | Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit |
| spice | tree bearing aromatic bark or berries |
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