Definition of smell

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Smell (n.) To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to scent out; -- often with out..

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Stinkpot :: Stinkpot (n.) An earthen jar charged with powder, grenades, and other materials of an offensive and suffocating smell, -- sometimes used in boarding an enemy's vessel..
Sniff :: Sniff (v. t.) To perceive as by sniffing; to snuff, to scent; to smell; as, to sniff danger..
Perfume :: Perfume (v.) The scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor; fragrance; aroma..
Fusty :: Fusty (superl) Moldy; musty; ill-smelling; rank.
Odorous :: Odorous (a.) Having or emitting an odor or scent, esp. a sweet odor; fragrant; sweet-smelling..
Trigenic :: Trigenic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C4H7N3O2, obtained, by the action of the vapor of cyanic acid on cold aldehyde, as a white crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste and faint smell; -- called also ethidene- / ethylidene-biuret..
Frouzy :: Frouzy (a.) Fetid, musty; rank; disordered and offensive to the smell or sight; slovenly; dingy. See Frowzy..
Funk :: Funk (v. i.) To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
Stinkpot :: Stinkingly (adv.) In a stinking manner; with an offensive smell.
Valerian :: Valerian (n.) Any plant of the genus Valeriana. The root of the officinal valerian (V. officinalis) has a strong smell, and is much used in medicine as an antispasmodic..
Garlic :: Garlic (n.) A plant of the genus Allium (A. sativum is the cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent taste. Each root is composed of several lesser bulbs, called cloves of garlic, inclosed in a common membranous coat, and easily separable..
Fragrancy :: Fragrancy (n.) The quality of being fragrant; sweetness of smell; a sweet smell; a pleasing odor; perfume.
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..
Smell-less :: Smell-less (a.) Destitute of smell; having no odor.
Notchweed :: Notchweed (n.) A foul-smelling weed, the stinking goosefoot (Chenopodium Vulvaria)..
Hircic :: Hircic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mutton suet; -- applied by Chevreul to an oily acid which was obtained from mutton suet, and to which he attributed the peculiar taste and smell of that substance. The substance has also been called hircin..
Prangos :: Prangos (n.) A genus of umbelliferous plants, one species of which (P. pabularia), found in Thibet, Cashmere, Afghanistan, etc., has been used as fodder for cattle. It has decompound leaves with very long narrow divisions, and a highly fragrant smell resembling that of new clover hay..
Smell :: Smell (v. t.) The sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies are perceived through the instrumentally of the olfactory nerves. See Sense.
Scent :: Scent (n.) That which, issuing from a body, affects the olfactory organs of animals; odor; smell; as, the scent of an orange, or of a rose; the scent of musk..
Stench :: Stench (v. i.) An ill smell; an offensive odor; a stink.
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