Definition of scent

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Scent (n.) The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice scent; to divert the scent..

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Vail :: Vail (n.) Submission; decline; descent.
Florescent :: Florescent (a.) Expanding into flowers; blossoming.
Breeding :: Breeding (n.) Descent; pedigree; extraction.
Maturescent :: Maturescent (a.) Approaching maturity.
Gazehound :: Gazehound (n.) A hound that pursues by the sight rather than by the scent.
Nose :: Nose (v. t.) To smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out..
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople.
Gradual :: Gradual (n.) Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline..
Concupiscential :: Concupiscential (a.) Relating to concupiscence.
Theogony :: Theogony (n.) The generation or genealogy of the gods; that branch of heathen theology which deals with the origin and descent of the deities; also, a poem treating of such genealogies; as, the Theogony of Hesiod..
Descension :: Descension (n.) The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation.
Lineal :: Lineal (a.) Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; -- opposed to collateral; as, a lineal descent or a lineal descendant..
Hound :: Hound (n.) A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but also used for various breeds of fleet hunting dogs, as the greyhound, boarhound, etc..
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..
Perquisite :: Perquisite (n.) Things gotten by a man's own industry, or purchased with his own money, as opposed to things which come to him by descent..
Pentecost :: Pentecost (n.) A festival of the Roman Catholic and other churches in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles; which occurred on the day of Pentecost; -- called also Whitsunday.
Obsolescent :: Obsolescent (a.) Going out of use; becoming obsolete; passing into desuetude.
Cypsela :: Cypsela (n.) A one-seeded, one-celled, indehiscent fruit; an achene with the calyx tube adherent..
Assumption :: Assumption (n.) A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
Quick-scented :: Quick-scented (a.) Acute of smell.
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