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Webster 1913 Edition


Smelling

Smell′ing

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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

  1. present participle of smell
  2. Used in adjectival compounds.
    foul-smelling (having a foul smell)
    sweet-smelling (having a sweet smell)

Derived terms

Noun

smelling (plural smellings)

  1. 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 []