Category:Scent

Scent, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scented; p. pr. & vb. n. Scenting.] Etym: [originally sent, fr. F. sentir to feel, to smell. See sense.]

1. To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, As a hound does. Methinks i scent the morning air. Shak.

2. To imbue or fill with odor; to perfume. Balm from a silver box distilled around, shall all bedew the roots, And scent the sacred ground. Dryden.

Scent Scent, v. i.

1. To have a smell. [obs.] Thunderbolts. . . do scent strongly of brimstone. Holland.

2. To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.

Scent Scent, n.

1. 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. With lavish hand diffuses scents ambrosial. prior.

2. 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. He gained the observations of innumerable ages, and traveled upon the Same scent into ethiopia. Sir w. Temple.

3. The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice Scent; to divert the scent. I. Watts.