strong taste, twang, race.
sharpness &c adj.; acrimony; roughness &c (sour) 392; unsavoriness
&c 395.
mustard, cayenne, caviare; seasoning &c (condiment) 393; niter,
saltpeter, brine (saltiness) 392.1; carbonate of ammonia; sal ammoniac†,
sal volatile, smelling salts; hartshorn (acridity) 401.1.
dram, cordial, nip.
nicotine, tobacco, snuff, quid, smoke; segar†; cigar, cigarette;
weed; fragrant weed, Indian weed; Cavendish, fid†, negro head, old
soldier, rappee†, stogy†.
V. be pungent &c adj.; bite the tongue.
render pungent &c adj.; season, spice, salt, pepper, pickle,
brine, devil.
smoke, chew, take snuff.
Adj. pungent, strong; high-, full-flavored; high-tasted, high-seasoned;
gamy, sharp, stinging, rough, piquant, racy; biting, mordant; spicy;
seasoned &c v.; hot, hot as pepper; peppery, vellicating†, escharotic†,
meracious†; acrid, acrimonious, bitter; rough &c (sour) 397; unsavory &c
395.
392a. Saltiness — N. saltiness.
niter, saltpeter, brine.
Adj. salty, salt, saline, brackish, briny; salty as brine, salty as a
herring, salty as Lot's wife.
salty, racy (indecent) 961.
Phr. take it with a grain of salt.
392b. Bitterness — N. bitterness, acridness†, acridity, acrimony;
caustic, alkali; acerbity; gall, wormwood; bitters, astringent bitters.
Angostura [additive for alcoholic beverages], aromatic bitters.
sourness &c 397; pungency &c 392.
[bitter substances] alkaloids; turmeric.
Adj. bitter, bitterish, acrid, acerb, acerbic.
Phr. bitter as gall; bitter pill to take; sugar coating on a bitter
pill.