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To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to
scent game, as a hound does. |
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To imbue or fill with odor; to perfume. |
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To have a smell. |
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To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell. |
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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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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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The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of
nice scent; to divert the scent. |
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