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What does "savor" mean?

Savor: Hence, specific flavor or quality; characteristic property; distinctive temper, tinge, taint, and the like. Why is not my life a continual joy, and the savor of heaven perpetually upon my spirit Baxter.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent. [R.] "Beyond my savor." Herbert.
  2. 3.Pleasure; delight; attractiveness. [Obs.] She shall no savor have therein but lite. Chaucer.
  3. 4.To have a particular smell or taste; -- with of.
  4. 5.To partake of the quality or nature; to indicate the presence or influence; to smack; -- with of. This savors not much of distraction. Shak. I have rejected everything that savors of party. Addison.
  5. 6.To use the sense of taste. [Obs.] By sight, hearing, smelling, tasting or savoring, and feeling. Chaucer.
  6. 7.To perceive by the smell or the taste; hence, to perceive; to note. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
  7. 8.To have the flavor or quality of; to indicate the presence of. [R.] That cuts us off from hope, and savors only Rancor and pride, impatience and despite. Milton.
  8. 9.To taste or smell with pleasure; to delight in; to relish; to like; to favor. [R.] Shak.

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