Definition of smell

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Smell (n.) To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities; to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell perfumes..

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Smell :: Smell (v. i.) To exercise sagacity.
Quick-scented :: Quick-scented (a.) Acute of smell.
Bilgy :: Bilgy (a.) Having the smell of bilge water.
Alliaceous :: Alliaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Allium, or garlic, onions, leeks, etc.; having the smell or taste of garlic or onions..
Smelled :: Smelled (imp. & p. p.) of Smel.
Bear''s-foot :: Bear's-foot (n.) A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic..
Fenugreek :: Fenugreek (n.) A plant (trigonella Foenum Graecum) cultivated for its strong-smelling seeds, which are.
Smell :: Smell (n.) To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to scent out; -- often with out..
Pissasphalt :: Pissasphalt (n.) Earth pitch; a soft, black bitumen of the consistence of tar, and of a strong smell. It is inflammable, and intermediate between petroleum and asphalt..
Scent :: Scent (v. t.) To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does..
Smeller :: Smeller (n.) The nose.
Mastic :: Mastic (n.) A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by incision. The best is in yellowish white, semitransparent tears, of a faint smell, and is used as an astringent and an aromatic, also as an ingredient in varnishes..
Sickly :: Sickly (superl.) Tending to produce nausea; sickening; as, a sickly smell; sickly sentimentality..
Noisome :: Noisome (a.) Offensive to the smell or other senses; disgusting; fetid.
Coriander :: Coriander (n.) An umbelliferous plant, the Coriandrum sativum, the fruit or seeds of which have a strong smell and a spicy taste, and in medicine are considered as stomachic and carminative..
Fust :: Fust (n.) A strong, musty smell; mustiness..
Inodorous :: Inodorous (a.) Emitting no odor; wthout smell; scentless; odorless.
Sulphuric :: Sulphuric (a.) Of or pertaining to sulphur; as, a sulphuric smell..
Scent :: Scent (v. i.) To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.
Resent :: Resent (v. i.) To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.
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