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nidor Now rare.|ˈnaɪdə(r)|
Also 7 nidour.
[a. L. nīdor.]
The smell arising from animal substances (esp. of a fat or greasy nature) when burned, roasted, or boiled; † a strong smell, odour, or exhalation of any kind.
a1619M. Fotherby Atheom. i. xi. §4 (1622) 116 Who maketh..his Caldron, his Sensor; his Nidor, his Incense; his Table, his Altar. 1662H. Stubbe Indian Nectar iii. 29, I had my smell affected with such a nidor, as issues from fat, when broiled. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 810 That Evil Demons or Devils, were..delighted with the Blood and Nidours of Sacrifices. 1707Floyer Physic. Pulse-Watch 264 In the Nidor of the Stomach there are hot Winds. 1746James Moufet's Health Improv. Introd. 43 A Nidor, or Stink, peculiar to Animal Substances in a State of Putrefaction. 1811Syd. Smith Wks. (1859) I. 203/2 The nidor of a human creature roasted for faith. 1923Blackw. Mag. Feb. 159/2 A nidor was to him an agony impossible to endure. |