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Webster 1913 Edition
Smelling
Smell′ing
,Noun.
1.
The act of one who smells.
2.
The sense by which odors are perceived; the sense of smell.
Locke.
Smelling bottle
, a small bottle filled with something suited to stimulate the sense of smell, or to remove faintness, as spirits of ammonia.
Definition 2024
smelling
smelling
English
Verb
smelling
- present participle of smell
- Used in adjectival compounds.
- foul-smelling (having a foul smell)
- sweet-smelling (having a sweet smell)
Derived terms
Noun
smelling (plural smellings)
- The act by which something is smelled.
- 2004, Timothy D. J. Chappell, Reading Plato's Theaetetus (page 73)
- To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires […]
- 2004, Timothy D. J. Chappell, Reading Plato's Theaetetus (page 73)