3 definitions found 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to scent out; -- often with out. "I smell a device." --Shak. [1913 Webster] Can you smell him out by that? --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To give heed to. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] From that time forward I began to smellthe Word of God, and forsook the school doctors. --Latimer. [1913 Webster] {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.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Smelling \Smell"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who smells. [1913 Webster] 2. The sense by which odors are perceived; the sense of smell. --Locke. [1913 Webster] {Smelling bottle}, a small bottle filled with something suited to stimulate the sense of smell, or to remove faintness, as spirits of ammonia. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: smelling adj : (used with `of' or `with') noticeably odorous; "the hall was redolent of floor wax"; "air redolent with the fumes of beer and whiskey" [syn: {redolent(p)}, {smelling(p)}] n : the act of perceiving the odor of something [syn: {smell}]
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