relishnoun詞源 1/ˈɹɛlɪʃ/

• 1

  obsoleteFlavour or taste; (countable) an instance of this.

  • Much pleasure we have lost while we abstained / From this delightful fruit, nor known till now / True relish, tasting.
  • The Caſe is the ſame if the Object, proper for exciting any Senſation, has never been apply'd to the Organ. A Laplander or Negro has no Notion of the reliſh of VVine.
• 2

  obsoleteFollowed by for: one's liking or taste for something; a fondness.

  • I have a relish for moderate praise, because it bids fair to be judicious.
  • One of the first acts which he was under the necessity of performing must have been painful to a man of so generous a nature, and of so keen a relish for whatever was excellent in arts and letters.
• 3

  obsoleteA small amount; a tinge, a trace.

• 4

  obsoleteAbility to taste or (figurative) enjoy.

• 5

  obsoleteParticular quality; (countable) an instance of this; a characteristic or quality.

  • [T]hat Air of piety to the Gods ſhould ſhine thro' the Poem, vvhich ſo viſibly appears in all the vvorks of antiquity: And it ought to preſerve ſome reliſh of the old vvay of vvriting; the connections ſhould be looeſ, the narrations and decſriptions ſhort, and the periods conciſe.
• 6

  Enjoyment of flavour or taste; (countable) an instance of this.

• 7

  Enjoyment of something pleasant; (countable) an instance of this.

  • Jews and Israel are not synonymous; nor is support for Palestine synonymous with anti-Semitism; nor is questioning the orthodoxy of the Republican party, which the majority of us do with relish, an insult to Jewry.
• 8

  archaicAppetizing or pleasant flavour or taste; (countable) an instance of this.

relishverb詞源 1/ˈɹɛlɪʃ/

• 1

  To give (something) (a pleasant) flavour or taste; to make appetizing.

  • The olde man, which marrieth a yonge Wyfe, is ſure of this ſowre ſauce, to relliſh his ſwete Imaginations: […]
  • And yet as earthly happines herein comes ſhort of heauen, that it is neuer meere and vnmixed, but hath ſome ſovvre ſauce to relliſh it: ſo falleth it as farre ſhort of hell, that not onely hope, but the moſt miſerable hap, hath ſome glimpſe of comfort.
• 2

  To take delight or pleasure in (someone or oneself, or something).

  • He relishes their time together.
  • I don’t relish the idea of going out tonight.
• 3

  obsoleteTo eat or taste (drink, food, etc.).

  • [S]he being not vnprouided of ſtrong poyſon at that inſtant, in the Popes outward chamber ſo mingled it, that when his Grand-ſublimity-taſter came to reliſh it, he ſunke downe ſtark dead on the pauement.
  • Friend? Is there any ſuch fooliſh thing i'the vvorld? ha? S'lid I ne're relliſht it yet.
• 4

  obsoleteTo provide (someone, or their appetite, mouth, stomach, etc.) with something appetizing or tasty.

  • [T]o relliſh the pallat of lickeriſh expectation, and withall to giue an Item how ſudden a ſlabber this ruffianly ſwaggerer (Death) is, […]
• 5

  obsoleteTo appreciate or understand (something).

  • Giue me a huſband that vvill fill mine armes, / Of ſteddie iudgement, quicke and nimble ſenſe: / Fooles reliſh not a Ladies excellence.
  • Novv Vlyſſes, I begin to reliſh thy aduiſe, / And I vvill giue a taſte thereof forthvvith, / To Agamemnon, […]
• 6

  obsoleteTo experience (something); also (rare), to feel (something).

  • VVe poore commons (vvho taſting vvarre, are made to relliſh nothing but taxes) can do nothing but grieue, to ſee things vnlavvful practiſed, to obtein things impoſſible.
  • Haſt thou (vvhich art but aire) a touch, a feeling / Of their afflictions, and ſhall not my ſelfe, / One of their kinde, that relliſh all as ſharpely, / Paſſion as they, be kindlier mou'd then thou art?
• 7

  obsoleteTo have a particular opinion about (someone or something); to receive, to regard.

  • VVhich inſolent ſpeech the Engliſh Biſhops reliſhed ſo harſhly, that they preſently vvith one voyce threatned to accurſe and excommunicate by name the Kings principall vvicked Counſellers; […]
  • One morning, vvhile he vvas bathing in the ſea, his man Clinker took it in his head that his maſter vvas in danger of drovvning; and, in this conceit, plunging into the vvater, he lugged him out naked on the beach, and almoſt pulled off his ear in the operation. You may gueſs hovv this atchievement vvas reliſhed by Mr. Bramble, vvho is impatient, iraſcible, and has the moſt extravagant ideas of decency and decorum in the œconomy of his ovvn perſon— […]
• 8

  obsoleteTo have a tinge or trace of (something).

  • This vvas Theatricall vvit, right Stage-jeſting, and reliſhing a Play-houſe, invented for ſcorne, and laughter; […]

relishnoun詞源 2/ˈɹɛlɪʃ/

• 1

  obsoletearchitectureA projecting component.

  • Forject: m[asculine]. A iutting, or leaning out, or ouer; a relliſh, or out-footing.
  • Relliſh, See Projecture [“a jetting over the upright of a Building”].
• 2

  businesscarpentryconstructionIn a wooden frame: the projection or shoulder around, or at the side of, a tenon (“projecting member made to insert into a mortise”), used to strengthen a mortise-and-tenon joint.

  • The Teazle Tennons are made at right Angles to thoſe vvhich are made on the Poſts to go into the Raiſons, and the Reliſh, or Cheats of theſe Teazle Tennons ſtand up vvithin an Inch and a ½ of the top of the Raiſon, […]
  • The morticing is done on the opposite side of the main frame and driven by a crank; the chisels are set transversely or crosswise, in order to leave a relish as in a mortice made by hand; one or more holes are bored to start from.

relishverb詞源 2/ˈɹɛlɪʃ/

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  businesscarpentryconstructionTo add one or more relishes (noun etymology 2, noun sense 2) to (a tenon, piece of wood, etc.).

  • At Fig. 13 I show a housed string between newels. Here the string is double tenoned into the shanks of both newels, also relished between tenons and pinned into the shank.

relishnoun詞源 3/ˈɹɛlɪʃ/

• 1

  historicalentertainmentlifestylemusicA type of ornamentation comprising one or more trills.

  • O Gad! there's a flat Note! / There's art! hovv ſurprizingly the Key changes! / O lavv [Lord]! there's a double reliſh! I ſvvear, Sir, you have the ſvveeteſt little Finger in England!

relishverb詞源 3/ˈɹɛlɪʃ/

• 1

  obsoleteentertainmentlifestylemusicTo sing (a song or tune); specifically, in a manner where there are tremulous changes of tone; to trill, to warble.

  • Val[entine]. VVhy, hovv knovv you that I am in loue? / Speed. Marry by theſe ſpeciall markes: firſt you haue learn'd (like Sir Protheus) to vvreath your Armes like a Male-content: to relliſh a Loue-ſong, like a Robin-red-breaſt: to vvalke alone like one that had the peſtilence: to ſigh, like a Schoole-boy that had loſt his A. B. C. […]
  • You mocking Birds (quoth ſhe) your tunes intombe / VVithin your hollovv ſvvelling feathered breaſts, / […] / Raliſh your nimble notes to pleaſing eares, / Diſtres likes dũps vvhẽ [dumps when] time is kept vvith teares.