Definition of scent

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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..

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Torpescence :: Torpescence (n.) The quality or state or being torpescent; torpidness; numbness; stupidity.
Hoary :: Hoary (a.) Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent..
Babbler :: Babbler (n.) A hound too noisy on finding a good scent.
Yucca :: Yucca (n.) A genus of American liliaceous, sometimes arborescent, plants having long, pointed, and often rigid, leaves at the top of a more or less woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms..
Ascension :: Ascension (n.) Specifically: The visible ascent of our Savior on the fortieth day after his resurrection. (Acts i. 9.) Also, Ascension Day..
Lune :: Lune (n.) A figure in the form of a crescent, bounded by two intersecting arcs of circles..
Grade :: Grade (n.) The rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually stated as so many feet per mile, or as one foot rise or fall in so many of horizontal distance; as, a heavy grade; a grade of twenty feet per mile, or of 1 in 264..
Recrudescent :: Recrudescent (a.) Breaking out again after temporary abatement or supression; as, a recrudescent epidemic..
Acclivity :: Acclivity (n.) A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent..
Derive :: Derive (v. t.) To trace the origin, descent, or derivation of; to recognize transmission of; as, he derives this word from the Anglo-Saxon..
Foil :: Foil (v. t.) To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in chase..
Convalescently :: Convalescently (adv.) In the manner of a convalescent; with increasing strength or vigor.
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople.
Scenting :: Scenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scen.
Lunulet :: Lunulet (n.) A small spot, shaped like a half-moon or crescent; as, the lunulet on the wings of many insects..
Open :: Open (v. i.) To bark on scent or view of the game.
Lurcher :: Lurcher (n.) One of a mongrel breed of dogs said to have been a cross between the sheep dog, greyhound, and spaniel. It hunts game silently, by scent, and is often used by poachers..
Stoop :: Stoop (n.) Descent, as from dignity or superiority; condescension; an act or position of humiliation..
Still :: Still (n.) A steep hill or ascent.
Radiograph :: Radiograph (n.) A picture produced by the Rontgen rays upon a sensitive surface, photographic or fluorescent, especially a picture of opaque objects traversed by the rays..
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