Tast"er (?), n. 1. One
who tastes; especially, one who first tastes food or drink to ascertain its
quality.
Thy tutor be thy taster, ere thou eat.
Dryden.
2. That in which, or by which, anything is tasted,
as, a dram cup, a cheese taster, or the like.
3. (Zoöl.) One of a peculiar kind of
zooids situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophora. They somewhat
resemble the feeding zooids, but are destitute of mouths. See
Siphonophora.
Tast"er (?), n. 1. One
who tastes; especially, one who first tastes food or drink to ascertain its
quality.
Thy tutor be thy taster, ere thou eat.
Dryden.
2. That in which, or by which, anything is tasted,
as, a dram cup, a cheese taster, or the like.
3. (Zoöl.) One of a peculiar kind of
zooids situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophora. They somewhat
resemble the feeding zooids, but are destitute of mouths. See
Siphonophora.
