Puzzle of the Day

Today I've got two questions inspired by looking in my spice cabinet. Feel free to answer one or both.

1. What verb can mean to ponder without haste or to heat a drink (such as cider) with sugar and aromatics such as cloves, cinnamon, and orange peel?
2. What verb can mean to comb (a horse) or to flavor with a blend of pungent spices, and is also part of a phrase meaning to seek favor by flattery?

Check back tomorrow for the answer, a shoutout to all the solvers, and a new puzzle!

Yesterday's puzzle:

Wolf, snow, worm, pink, flower, strawberry, buck, sturgeon, harvest, hunter, beaver, cold: these are the names of what? Any of these might be super, and once in a while there's a blue one, too.

Hint (highlight to view): Why are there 12 (but sometimes an extra)?

Answer:

These are names for the full moons in each month of the year. A lunar month is only 29.5 days, so occasionally a calendar month will have two full moons; the second is called a blue moon.

Some fun links:

• Read more about these names, with a calendar for 2020.
• The pink moon is on its way this April 7. Listen to Nick Drake sing about it for a pleasant 2 minutes.

Huzzah to solvers Harper, Hazel, Agniv, Ena, Illllllia, Aliana, all Annas, all Peters, Rivka, Maddy, Carl, Charlie, Atticus, all Zacharys (plus Martina), Mr. Gregg, Jason, and an unidentifiable "me"!