Scent (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scented; p. pr. & vb. n. Scenting.] [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.
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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.
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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.
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