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- [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.
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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
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