Definition of scent

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Scent (n.) The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice scent; to divert the scent..

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Ancestry :: Ancestry (n.) Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent..
New :: New (superl.) Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously kniwn or famous..
Boer :: Boer (n.) A colonist or farmer in South Africa of Dutch descent.
Rigescent :: Rigescent (a.) Growing stiff or numb.
Concavo-convex :: Concavo-convex (a.) Concave on one side and convex on the other, as an eggshell or a crescent..
Dormant :: Dormant (a.) Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant claims or titles..
Of :: Of (prep.) Denoting that from which anything proceeds; indicating origin, source, descent, and the like; as, he is of a race of kings; he is of noble blood..
Peristerite :: Peristerite (n.) A variety of albite, whitish and slightly iridescent like a pigeon's neck..
Hoary :: Hoary (a.) Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent..
Stemlet :: Stemless (a.) Having no stem; (Bot.) acaulescent.
Polyphyletic :: Polyphyletic (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, descent from more than one root form, or from many different root forms; polygenetic; -- opposed to monophyletic..
Sleuth :: Sleuth (n.) The track of man or beast as followed by the scent.
Pubescent :: Pubescent (a.) Covered with pubescence, or fine short hairs, as certain insects, and the leaves of some plants..
Barometer :: Barometer (n.) An instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere, and hence for judging of the probable changes of weather, or for ascertaining the height of any ascent..
Turgescency :: Turgescency (n.) The act of swelling, or the state of being swollen, or turgescent..
Efflorescent :: Efflorescent (v. i.) Covered with an efflorescence.
Dipyre :: Dipyre (n.) A mineral of the scapolite group; -- so called from the double effect of fire upon it, in fusing it, and rendering it phosphorescent..
Moony :: Moony (a.) Furnished with a moon; bearing a crescent.
Recrudescent :: Recrudescent (a.) Breaking out again after temporary abatement or supression; as, a recrudescent epidemic..
Swig :: Swiftness (n.) The quality or state of being swift; speed; quickness; celerity; velocity; rapidity; as, the swiftness of a bird; the swiftness of a stream; swiftness of descent in a falling body; swiftness of thought, etc..
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