Definition of smell

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Smell (v. i.) To exercise the sense of smell.

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Rotten :: Rotten (a.) Offensive to the smell; fetid; disgusting.
Mousy :: Mousy (a.) Infested with mice; smelling of mice.
Mushroom :: Mushroom (n.) An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn..
Scent :: Scent (n.) The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice scent; to divert the scent..
Fusty :: Fusty (superl) Moldy; musty; ill-smelling; rank.
Nasute :: Nasute (a.) Having a nice sense of smell.
Rank :: Rank (superl.) Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell; rank-smelling rue..
Savor :: Savor (a.) Sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent..
Perfume :: Perfume (v.) The scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor; fragrance; aroma..
Stinkpot :: Stinkingly (adv.) In a stinking manner; with an offensive smell.
Snift :: Snift (v. i.) To sniff; to snuff; to smell.
Resent :: Resent (v. i.) To give forth an odor; to smell; to savor.
Roseal :: Roseal (a.) resembling a rose in smell or color.
Fusiness :: Fusiness (n.) A fusty state or quality; moldiness; mustiness; an ill smell from moldiness.
Sneezewort :: Sneezewort (n.) A European herbaceous plant (Achillea Ptarmica) allied to the yarrow, having a strong, pungent smell..
Sickly :: Sickly (superl.) Tending to produce nausea; sickening; as, a sickly smell; sickly sentimentality..
Frouzy :: Frouzy (a.) Fetid, musty; rank; disordered and offensive to the smell or sight; slovenly; dingy. See Frowzy..
Smell :: Smell (v. t.) The sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies are perceived through the instrumentally of the olfactory nerves. See Sense.
Hircic :: Hircic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mutton suet; -- applied by Chevreul to an oily acid which was obtained from mutton suet, and to which he attributed the peculiar taste and smell of that substance. The substance has also been called hircin..
Mastic :: Mastic (n.) A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by incision. The best is in yellowish white, semitransparent tears, of a faint smell, and is used as an astringent and an aromatic, also as an ingredient in varnishes..
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