Found 8 hits - Term: smelt, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
smell \smell\ sme^l, v. t. imp. p. p. smelled, smelt;
p. pr. vb. n. smelling. oe. smellen, smillen, smullen;
cf. lg. smellen, smelen, sm"olen, schmelen, to smoke, to
reek, d. smeulen to smolder, and e. smolder. cf. smell, n.
1. to perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell;
to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs
when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities;
to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell
perfumes.
1913 webster
2. to detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to
scent out; -- often with out. "i smell a device." --shak.
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can you smell him out by that? --shak.
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3. to give heed to. obs.
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from that time forward i began to smellthe word of
god, and forsook the school doctors. --latimer.
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to smell a rat, to have a sense of something wrong, not
clearly evident; to have reason for suspicion. colloq.
to smell out, to find out by sagacity. colloq.
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see also:
smelled smelt smelling smell to smell a rat to smell out
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
smelt \smelt\, v. t. imp. p. p. smelted; p. pr. vb. n.
smelting. of foreign origin; cf. sw. smaumlta, d.
smelten, dan. smelte, icel. smelta, g. schmelzen ohg.
smelzan, smelzen; probably akin to gr. ?????. cf. enamel,
melt, mute, v. i., smalt. metal.
to melt or fuse, as, ore, for the purpose of separating and
refining the metal; hence, to reduce; to refine; to flux or
scorify; as, to smelt tin.
1913 webster
see also:
smelted smelting enamel melt mute smalt
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
smelt \smelt\,
imp. p. p. of smell.
1913 webster
see also:
smell
- [4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
smelt \smelt\, n. as. smelt, smylt; akin to dan. smelt.
1. zool. any one of numerous species of small silvery
salmonoid fishes of the genus osmerus and allied genera,
which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become
landlocked in lakes. they are esteemed as food, and have a
peculiar odor and taste.
1913 webster
note: the most important species are the european smelt
osmerus eperlans called also eperlan,
sparling, and spirling, the eastern american smelt
osmerus mordax, the california smelt osmerus
thalichthys, and the surf smelt hypomesus olidus.
the name is loosely applied to various other small
fishes, as the lant, the california tomcod, the spawn
eater, the silversides.
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2. fig.: a gull; a simpleton. obs. --beau. fl.
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sand smelt zool., the silverside.
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see also:
osmerus osmerus eperlans eperlan sparling spirling osmerus mordax
osmerus thalichthys hypomesus olidus sand smelt
- [5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
smelt
n 1: small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and
fresh water
2: small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of
cold northern waters
v : extract metals by heating
- [6] : WordNet (r) 2.0
smell
n 1: the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the
nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous
form; "she loved the smell of roses" syn: odor, odour,
olfactory sensation, olfactory perception
2: any property detected by the olfactory system syn: olfactory
property, aroma, odor, odour, scent
3: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the
effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city
excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the
meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" syn: spirit, tone,
feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look
4: the faculty of smell syn: sense of smell, olfaction, olfactory
modality
5: the act of perceiving the odor of something syn: smelling
v 1: inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
2: emit an odor; "the soup smells good"
3: smell bad; "he rarely washes, and he smells"
also: smelt
see also:
odor odour olfactory sensation olfactory perception olfactory property aroma
scent spirit tone feel feeling
flavor flavour look sense of smell olfaction
olfactory modality smelling smelt
- [7] : WordNet (r) 2.0
smelt
see smell
see also:
smell
- [8] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
25 moby thesaurus words for "smelt":
carve, chisel, colliquate, convert, cultivate, defrost, extract,
flux, fuse, grow, harvest, machine, melt, melt down, mill, mine,
process, pump, raise, rear, refine, render, run, thaw, unfreeze
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