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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Rancescent :: Rancescent (a.) Becoming rancid or sour.
Escarpment :: Escarpment (n.) A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach. See Scarp..
Periblem :: Periblem (n.) Nascent cortex, or immature cellular bark..
Muskiness :: Muskiness (n.) The quality or state of being musky; the scent of musk.
Gangrenescent :: Gangrenescent (a.) Tending to mortification or gangrene.
Accrescent :: Accrescent (a.) Growing larger after flowering.
Moon :: Moon (n.) A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon.
Fall :: Fall (n.) Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural, sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of Niagara..
Renascent :: Renascent (a.) See Renaissant.
Lapidescence :: Lapidescence (n.) The state or quality of being lapidescent.
Apron :: Apron (n.) A flooring of plank before a dam to cause the water to make a gradual descent.
Marcescent :: Marcescent (a.) Withering without/ falling off; fading; decaying.
Scent :: Scent (v. t.) To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does..
Vernonin :: Vernonin (n.) A glucoside extracted from the root of a South African plant of the genus Vernonia, as a deliquescent powder, and used as a mild heart tonic..
Zauschneria :: Zauschneria (n.) A genus of flowering plants. Zauschneria Californica is a suffrutescent perennial, with showy red flowers much resembling those of the garden fuchsia..
Nascent :: Nascent (a.) Commencing, or in process of development; beginning to exist or to grow; coming into being; as, a nascent germ..
Nut :: Nut (n.) The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting of a hard and indehiscent shell inclosing a kernel..
Illapse :: Illapse (v. i.) A gliding in; an immisson or entrance of one thing into another; also, a sudden descent or attack..
Quiescent :: Quiescent (a.) Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; not moving; as, a quiescent body or fluid..
Entail :: Entail (n.) An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue..
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