Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Savor \Sa"vor\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Savored}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Savoring}.] [Cf. OF. savorer, F. savourer. See {Savor}, n.]
   [Written also {savour}.]
   1. To have a particular smell or taste; -- with of.

   2. 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.

   3. To use the sense of taste. [Obs.]

            By sight, hearing, smelling, tasting or savoring,
            and feeling.                          --Chaucer.

Source : WordNet®

savoring
     n : taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality;
         "cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed
         most" [syn: {tasting}, {savouring}, {relishing}, {degustation}]