smell

v. i. 1. To affect the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or scent; -- often followed by of; as, to smell of smoke, or of musk. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savor; as, a report smells of calumny. [ 1913 Webster ]

Praises in an enemy are superfluous, or smell of craft. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To exercise the sense of smell. Ex. xxx. 38. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To exercise sagacity. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. smel, smil, smul, smeol. See Smell, v. t. ] (Physiol.) 1. The sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies are perceived through the instrumentally of the olfactory nerves. See Sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality of any thing or substance, or emanation therefrom, which affects the olfactory organs; odor; scent; fragrance; perfume; as, the smell of mint. [ 1913 Webster ]

Breathing the smell of field and grove. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

That which, above all others, yields the sweetest smell in the air, is the violent. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Scent; odor; perfume; fragrance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who smells, or perceives by the sense of smell; one who gives out smell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The nose. [ Pugilists' Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who is apt to find and frequent good tables; a parasite; a sponger. [ 1913 Webster ]

The epicure and the smell-feast. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A feast at which the guests are supposed to feed upon the odors only of the viands. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

. An aromatic preparation of carbonate of ammonia and, often, some scent, to avoid or relieve faintness, headache, or the like. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]