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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Smell \Smell\ (sm[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smelled}, {Smelt};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Smelling}.] [OE. smellen, smillen, smullen;
     cf. LG. smellen, smelen, sm["o]len, schmelen, to smoke, to
     reek, D. smeulen to smolder, and E. smolder. Cf. {Smell}, n.]
     1. 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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     2. To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to
        scent out; -- often with out. "I smell a device." --Shak.
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              Can you smell him out by that?        --Shak.
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     3. To give heed to. [Obs.]
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              From that time forward I began to smellthe Word of
              God, and forsook the school doctors.  --Latimer.
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     {To smell a rat}, to have a sense of something wrong, not
        clearly evident; to have reason for suspicion. [Colloq.]
        
  
     {To smell out}, to find out by sagacity. [Colloq.]
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