Definition of "osmazome" [os•ma•zome]

• A substance formerly supposed to impart the characteristic meaty smell and taste to certain dishes. (noun)

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• "This was always a stock repast after each kill-day, and there is but little doubt but that its "osmazome" contributed not a little, to the good health and heart of the party."
• "Brillat-Savarin and Mrs Beeton refer to osmazome, a savoury quality of (glutamate-rich) meat stocks, but umami was first scientifically reported in the 1909 paper New Seasonings by Professor Kikunae Ikeda, who isolated glutamate from seaweed broth."
• "Water dissolves at first a portion of the osmazome; then the albumen coagulates at 50 degrees Reaumur, and forms the foam we see."