Sentence:  Added to the argument was the fact that while she might have tasted the coffee if it had been still <WSD>hot</WSD> , she might even have drunk some of it , she would n't have taken enough to kill her , for she would have been warned by its taste . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning