GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 3 definitions

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   Scent , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scented; p. pr. & vb. n. Scenting.] [Originally sent, fr. F. sentir to feel, to smell. See Sense.]
   To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.
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   Methinks I scent the morning air.
   Shak.
   
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   To imbue or fill with odor; to perfume.
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   Balm from a silver box distilled around,
   Shall all bedew the roots, and scent the sacred ground.
   Dryden.
   
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   Scent, v. i.
   To have a smell. [Obs.]
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   Thunderbolts . . . do scent strongly of brimstone.
   Holland.
   
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   To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.
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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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   With lavish hand diffuses scents ambrosial.
   Prior.
   
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   Specifically, the odor left by an animal on the ground in passing over it; as, dogs find or lose the scent; hence, course of pursuit; track of discovery.
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   He gained the observations of innumerable ages, and traveled upon the same scent into Ethiopia.
   Sir W. Temple.
   
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   The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice scent; to divert the scent.
   I. Watts.
   
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