1597 A. Hartwell tr. D. Lopes Rep. Kingdome of Congo ii. i. 115 These they vse to holde in their mouthes, and chawe them, and at last to eate them, for the quenching of their thirst, and better relishing of their water.

1664 G. Havers tr. T. Renaudot et al. Gen. Coll. Disc. Virtuosi France ii. 9 The pleasure of Enjoyment is but the relishing of this Felicity.

1702 Eng. Theophrastus 198 Friendship tastes very flat and insipid after the relishing of love.

1702 M. Sylvester Christian's Race & Patience I. vii. 194 God's Wrath, when kindled but a little..will quickly prove uneasie to us, and spoil the pleasant Relishings of all our Inferior Delights.

1830 Western Monthly Rev. 3 256 To the relishing of which [sc. leisure], it must be hoped, their accommodating tempers will get used.

1863 Chicago Med. Examiner Feb. 105 These relishings are probably variable in enteric fever, according to the previous habits or diet of the patient.

1949 Times 17 Jan. 6/5 Ripeness is all, ripeness and the relishing of it.

1991 M. Gullan-Whur Discover Graphol. iii. 131 A relishing of visual treats, colours, feelings and sounds, possibly at the expense of moral judgements.

2002 A. Phillips Equals 238 This acknowledges the proximity of the disgust at human cruelty, and the relishing of it.

1870 9th Ann. Rep. State Board Agric. Michigan 215 One improved relishing machine, silver medal.

a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 750/1 The door relishing is done at one operation by the five saws shown to the left.

1915 Southwestern Reporter 176 534/2 The cutting of tenons or relishing was done by the circular saw which was attached to the west end of a horizontal shaft at the top of the machine.

1932 U.S. Patent 1,846,658 3/1 The relishing of the tenons of the blocks insures an ample supply of glue to the assembled parts and provides a strong glue joint.

2007 Wood & Wood Products (Nexis) 15 Mar. 92 Capabilities include: sanding, relishing, notching,..routing, foiling.

1892 P. Benjamin Mod. Mechanism 765 In a relishing machine brought out by the H. B. Smith Co. there is a square main table, bearing a mandrel upon which there are two sets of saws, one at each end.

1932 U.S. Patent 1,853,441 1/1 An object of my invention is to provide a relishing machine of the type in which sash rails move in a continuous line through the device.

1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke ii. vi. sig. R4 There is first found a liquor, without al odour, or rellishing taste, which is called Phlegme, or passiue water.

1673 F. Kirkman Unlucky Citizen 278 The Hangman,..had given them a Relishing taste of his Office.

1719 G. London & H. Wise J. de la Quintinie's Compl. Gard'ner (ed. 7) 292 Any Relishing Plants, as Garlick, Onions.

1778 H. Brooke Charitable Assoc. i. ii. 212 But, ladies, I have a relishing morceau in reserve for you.

1820 L. Hunt Indicator 12 Jan. 106 The most relishing snatch of slumber out of bed.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. ii. 54 Asking if there were any relishing sauces in the house.

1916 G. Saintsbury Peace of Augustans i. 25 The contrast of the virtues of the Houyhnhnms and the vices of the Yahoos..could hardly be made more relishing.

2007 Hindustan Times (Nexis) 31 May Its relishing taste and high vitamin content have made kiwi a household name.

1689 W. Salmon tr. Y. van Diemerbroeck Anat. Human Bodies i. 489/1 Tasting is performed when the relishable Bodies immediately touch the relishing Organ, and hit upon it.

1817 G. Colman Hist. Elsmere & Rosa II. x. 286 Pouring a little of the liquor out of the punch-ladle into a glass, Old Comical tasted it with a relishing smack.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxix. 395 Our Esquimaux dogs..regarded them with relishing appetite.

1905 Worth County (Iowa) Index 17 Aug. A shabby, ponderous man..was sipping at a glass with a relishing look.

1989 Shakespeare Q. 40 88 He is..quick with words to others, slower and more relishing of them when he speaks to us in soliloquies.

1993 E. K. Sedgwick Tendencies (1994) 17 Intellectual and artistic..possibilities, skills, ambitions, and knowledges have been laid waste with a relishing wantonness.