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scented, ppl. a.|ˈsɛntɪd|
[f. scent v. and n.]
†1. With prefixed adv.: Endowed with the power of tracking by sense of smell. Obs.
1579E. K. Spenser's Sheph. Cal. Ep. Ded., So Marot, Sanazarus, and..other..Poetes, whose foting this Author every where followeth; yet so as few, but they be wel sented, can trace him out. 1656Earl of Monmouth tr. Boccalini's Advts. fr. Parnass. i. lii. 104 There were..Beagles which were very well sented to find out wild beasts.
2. Impregnated with perfume; perfumed.
scented caper, scented tea: see caper n.1 4.
1740C. Pitt æneid iv. 318 Paris..In scented tresses and a mitre gay. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 1149 The scented soap being put into the frames, speedily consolidates. 1879Piesse Perfumery (ed. 4) 316 Scented shells. Venetian Shells..are..steeped into the scent... When dry these shells will serve for perfuming jewel-cases and work-boxes.
3. That has a scent or perfume; exhaling a scent.
1666Boyle Orig. Formes & Qual. 276 One of the subtlest and strongest sented Drugs. 1784Cowper Task vi. 151 The scentless and the scented rose. 1849M. Arnold Obermann xlii, The scented pines of Switzerland. 1886Britten & Holland Plant-n., Scented Fern. Nephrodium Oreopteris, Desv. |