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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Alt. of Acridness
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The quality or principle of plants or other substances which constitutes their fragrance; agreeable odor; as, the aroma of coffee.
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A nosegay; a bunch of flowers.
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The quality or state of being fetid.
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A strong, offensive smell; stench; fetidness.
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Same as Fetor.
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The quality or condition of being foul.
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Alt. of Fragrancy
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The quality of being fragrant; sweetness of smell; a sweet smell; a pleasing odor; perfume.
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An Offensive to the sense of smell; ill-smelling.
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Noxious, pestilential, or foul exhalations from decomposing substances, filth, or other source.
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The quality or state of being musky; the scent of musk.
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The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, an…
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To fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.
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The quality of being rancid.
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The condition or quality of being rank.
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Alt. of Redolency
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A rick.
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To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.
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To draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; -- sometimes done as a gesture of suspicion, offense, or contempt.
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The part of a candle wick charred by the flame, whether burning or not.
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Weak; worn out.
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To stanch.
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To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor.
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The quality or state of being sweet (in any sense of the adjective); gratefulness to the taste or to the smell; agreeableness.
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Sensuous perception.
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The whole mass of aeriform fluid surrounding the earth; -- applied also to the gaseous envelope of any celestial orb, or other body; as, the atmosphe…
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To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire.
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To conquer; to subdue.
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Exactly representing; exact.
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The quality or state of being modal.
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To obtain knowledge of through the senses; to receive impressions from by means of the bodily organs; to take cognizance of the existence, character,…
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The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discer…
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That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as,…
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An impression, or the consciousness of an impression, made upon the central nervous organ, through the medium of a sensory or afferent nerve or one o…
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To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…
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The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, an…
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A rick.
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To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail.
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To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.
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To draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; -- sometimes done as a gesture of suspicion, offense, or contempt.
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The part of a candle wick charred by the flame, whether burning or not.
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To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
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To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor.
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A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke.
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To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twin…
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Having or emitting an odor or scent, esp. a sweet odor; fragrant; sweet-smelling.
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Having or emitting an odor or scent, esp. a sweet odor; fragrant; sweet-smelling.
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To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.
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To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.
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A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the bod…
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A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the bod…
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Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon th…
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Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon th…
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Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul.
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Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul.
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Emitting no odor; wthout smell; scentless; odorless.
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Emitting no odor; wthout smell; scentless; odorless.
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Free from odor.
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Free from odor.
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Having or emitting an odor or scent, esp. a sweet odor; fragrant; sweet-smelling.
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Having or emitting an odor or scent, esp. a sweet odor; fragrant; sweet-smelling.
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The quality or principle of plants or other substances which constitutes their fragrance; agreeable odor; as, the aroma of coffee.
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To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; t…
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of Feel
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That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.
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(physics) the six kinds of quarks
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To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…
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Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume.
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the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses"
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The sense by which the impressions made on the olfactory organs by the odorous particles in the atmosphere are perceived.
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A rick.
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To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.
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A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the bod…
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A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.
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Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
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Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone.
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