Definition of smell

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Smell (v. t.) The quality of any thing or substance, or emanation therefrom, which affects the olfactory organs; odor; scent; fragrance; perfume; as, the smell of mint..

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Tobacco :: Tobacco (n.) An American plant (Nicotiana Tabacum) of the Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an acrid taste..
Smelt :: Smelt () imp. & p. p. of Smell.
Smelling :: Smelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smel.
Resent :: Resent (v. i.) To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.
Mephitical :: Mephitical (a.) Offensive to the smell; as, mephitic odors..
Sulphuric :: Sulphuric (a.) Of or pertaining to sulphur; as, a sulphuric smell..
Sweet-sop :: Sweet-scented (a.) Having a sweet scent or smell; fragrant.
Savorless :: Savorless (a.) Having no savor; destitute of smell or of taste; insipid.
Smell-feast :: Smell-feast (n.) One who is apt to find and frequent good tables; a parasite; a sponger.
Funk :: Funk (v. i.) To emit an offensive smell; to stink.
Empyreuma :: Empyreuma (n.) The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.
Hircinous :: Hircinous (a.) Of a strong goatish smell.
Alliaceous :: Alliaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Allium, or garlic, onions, leeks, etc.; having the smell or taste of garlic or onions..
Smell :: Smell (v. t.) The quality of any thing or substance, or emanation therefrom, which affects the olfactory organs; odor; scent; fragrance; perfume; as, the smell of mint..
Mushroom :: Mushroom (n.) An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn..
Stench :: Stench (v. i.) A smell; an odor.
Olfactor :: Olfactor (n.) A smelling organ; a nose.
Graveolence :: Graveolence (n.) A strong and offensive smell; rancidity.
Scent :: Scent (v. i.) To have a smell.
Effluvium :: Effluvium (a.) Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, the effluvium from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from ill drainage..
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