seasoning

noun6

1. •
   Something used to add taste or flavour to food, such as salt and pepper or other condiment, herb or spice.

   • To distinctify the seasoning, add grated fresh ginger, finely minced green chili (serrano or jalapeno), or chopped fresh herbs: cilantro, mint, thyme. — 1989
2. •
   (figurative) Anything added to increase enjoyment.
3. •
   The air drying of wood.
4. •
   A coat of polymerized oil inside a cooking vessel which renders the surface non-stick.
5. •
   In diamond-cutting, the charging of the laps or wheels with diamond dust and oil.
6. •
   (no longer used) An alcoholic intoxication.

   • Some of our gentlemen officers, happening to stop at a tavern, or rather a sort of grogshop, took such a seasoning that two or three of them became “quite frisky.”