I went back to the wharf, and informed Captain Blastblow of the wishes of the party. Up the River Oliver Optic. She was repaired by his own carpenters, and laid up at Hanaroora, along side a wharf built for the purpose.
Overview. 1  Cleansing the palate, or clearing the taste buds of one taste to prepare them for a new one, is commonly discussed in wine tastings. However, you might find cleansing your palate useful in any setting where you're eating foods with competing tastes, such as a chocolate, beer or cheese tasting, sushi dinner or a typical multicourse meal.
Palate can also mean the roof of one's mouth or the taste of something, such as wine: They had assumed the receptors would be restricted to the tongue, soft palate, upper oesophagus and epiglottis. The palate has plum, smoke, a surprising taste of apricot, but it is all wrapped in burnt rubber.