Definition of scent

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Scent (n.) Specifically, the odor left by an animal on the ground in passing over it; as, dogs find or lose the scent; hence, course of pursuit; track of discovery..

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Oblique :: Oblique (a.) Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
Descent :: Descent (n.) A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.
Incline :: Incline (n.) An inclined plane; an ascent o/ descent; a grade or gradient; a slope.
Marcescent :: Marcescent (a.) Withering without/ falling off; fading; decaying.
Convalesced :: Convalesced (a.) Convalescent.
Creole :: Creole (n.) One born of European parents in the American colonies of France or Spain or in the States which were once such colonies, esp. a person of French or Spanish descent, who is a native inhabitant of Louisiana, or one of the States adjoining, bordering on the Gulf of of Mexico..
Great :: Great (superl.) Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one degree more remote in the direct line of descent; as, great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a grandmother's father), great-grandson, etc..
Effervescent :: Effervescent (a.) Gently boiling or bubbling, by means of the disengagement of gas.
Xylogen :: Xylogen (n.) Nascent wood; wood cells in a forming state.
Alyssum :: Alyssum (n.) A genus of cruciferous plants; madwort. The sweet alyssum (A. maritimum), cultivated for bouquets, bears small, white, sweet-scented flowers..
Arborescent :: Arborescent (a.) Resembling a tree; becoming woody in stalk; dendritic; having crystallizations disposed like the branches and twigs of a tree.
Pyrosome :: Pyrosome (n.) Any compound ascidian of the genus Pyrosoma. The pyrosomes form large hollow cylinders, sometimes two or three feet long, which swim at the surface of the sea and are very phosphorescent..
Coursing :: Coursing (n.) The pursuit or running game with dogs that follow by sight instead of by scent.
Bicrescentic :: Bicrescentic (a.) Having the form of a double crescent.
Lactescent :: Lactescent (a.) Producing milk or a milklike juice or fluid, as the milkweed. See Latex..
Waterfall :: Waterfall (n.) A fall, or perpendicular descent, of the water of a river or stream, or a descent nearly perpendicular; a cascade; a cataract..
Gaucho :: Gaucho (n.) One of the native inhabitants of the pampas, of Spanish-American descent. They live mostly by rearing cattle..
Spinulose :: Spinulescent (a.) Having small spines; somewhat thorny.
Nose :: Nose (v. t.) To smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out..
Active :: Active (a.) In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano..
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