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smelln.

Brit. /smɛl/, U.S. /smɛl/
Forms: α. Middle English–1600s smel (Middle English smeal, Middle English smeol), Middle English–1500s smelle, Middle English– smell. β. Middle English smul, Middle English smil, smyl, Middle English–1500s smyll.
Etymology: Related to smell v. The Old English equivalent is stenc stench n.
1. The sense of which the nose is the organ; the faculty of smelling. Now usually in sense, organ, etc., of smell.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [noun] > sense of smell
smellingc1175
smellc1200
nosea1375
odoura1450
scent1488
odorate1614
parosmis1817
parosmia1884
osmatism1903
(a)
c1200 Trin Coll. Hom. 183 Hie..binimeð þe eien here sene,..muð here smel.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 83 Smel of nase is þe feorðe of þe fif wittes.
1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 106 He is not onely of most swift pace, but also of smell.
1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 45 In the Nosthrils she doth vse the smell.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 35 He who hath a quicke smell, is troubled with more stinkes, then he is refreshed with sweet odours.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 123 Wild Thyme and Sav'ry..Sweet to the Taste, and fragrant to the Smell . View more context for this quotation
1713 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 3 Jan. (1948) II. 594 I have no smell yet but my cold something better.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 317 He stops to examine, by his smell,..the emanations that may come either from his enemy or his prey.
1805 A. Duncan Mariner's Chron. III. 145 A certain brackish flavor, offensive both to the taste and smell.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 324 Smell was impaired on the side of the lesion.
(b)1723 J. Clarke tr. Rohault's Syst. Nat. Philos. I. i. xxv. 179 The Power of exciting the Sensation of Smell in us.1851 W. B. Carpenter Man. Physiol. (ed. 2) 549 The lower Mammalia, in which the organ of smell is highly developed.1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) viii. 194 The organ of the sense of smell is the delicate mucous membrane which lines a part of the nasal cavities.1900 F. T. Pollok & W. S. Thom Wild Sports Burma & Assam ii. 40 Elephants have a very keen sense of smell.
2.
a. That property of things which affects the olfactory organ, whether agreeably or otherwise; odour, perfume, aroma; stench, stink.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [noun]
smacka1000
breathOE
smella1175
irea1300
weffea1300
thefa1325
relesec1330
odour?c1335
incensea1340
flair1340
savoura1350
smellingc1386
flavourc1400
fumec1400
reflairc1400
air?a1439
scent?1473
taste?c1475
verdure1520
senteur1601
waft1611
effluvium1656
fluor1671
burning scent1681
aura1732
fumet1735
snuff1763
olfacient1822
odouret1825
waff1827
gush1841
sniff1844
tang1858
nose1894
α.
a1175 Lamb. Hom. 53 Þurh þe sweote smel of þe chese he bicherreð monie mus to þe stoke.
c1220 Bestiary 747 in Old Eng. Misc. Ut of his ðrote cumeð a smel.
a1225 Leg. Kath. 1588 Swiðe swote smeal com anan þrefter.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 1014 Flours þar es wit suete smelles.
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 114 Þe hous was fillid of smel of þe oynement.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xviii. 84 Þe water chaungez diuersely his sauour and his smell.
c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 96 Sownd of watir rynyng, & syngyng of burdis, and gude smell of flowris.
a1513 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen in Poems (1998) I. 41 Fragrant, all full of fresche odour fynest of smell.
1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 30 Muske although it be sweet in the smell, is sower in the smacke.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 5 The streets are broad, but very filthy and full of ill smels.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 379 The Silvan Lodge..that like Pomona's Arbour smil'd With flourets deck't and fragrant smells . View more context for this quotation
1747 Tricks of Town laid open (ed. 3) 19 He's distinguishable from the rest of his Species, both by his Smell, Garb, Shape and Aspect.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 184 As smells are often rendered agreeable by habit, so also tastes may be.
1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. i. iii. 33 There was such a rich smell of pines.
1885 Law Times 79 74/2 There was a nasty smell about the premises.
β. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 99 On þe holi fleis bileueð þe shap and hiu and smul of ouelete, and on þe holi blod hew and smul of win.c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 8 A suote smul þare cam of heom þat smelde in-to al þat lond.1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 1009 Hii deieþ þoru smul of þe lond.a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 137 Þe smyl þerof slouȝ boþe bestes and foules.1475 Bk. Noblesse (Roxb.) 70 The herbers of so soote smyllis.
b. An aromatic substance, or the use of this. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume
pimentc1300
odoramentc1384
savouringc1384
odoura1425
aromatica1513
smella1533
fume1541
perfume1542
sweet-water?1543
scent1596
pomander1600
sweets1603
bisse1608
sweet-ball1617
plash1649
suffition1656
essence1661
odoratea1682
otto1822
aroma1830
nosegay1855
foo-foo1880
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) sig. Ddijv The vices that they brought [from Asia] to Rome:..The patritiens bearyng Measques, the Plebeyens usynge smelles.
1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 480 All Methods of Cure in the Paroxysm [of apoplexy], are ridiculous and useless, except Smells, and Blooding in the Jugular.
3. figurative.
a. A trace, suggestion, or tinge of something. Also without article, or with adjective. Hence, the special, indefinable, or subtle character of the object, event, etc., described.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > [noun]
tokenc1000
distinctionc1374
differencea1398
signeta1425
knowledge?c1475
smell?a1505
markc1522
badge1529
note1583
impress1590
monument1590
type1595
stamp1600
pressure1604
mintage1612
criterion1613
impressa1628
differencer1633
lineament1638
mole1644
discrimination1646
tessera1647
diagnostic1651
monumental1657
discretive1660
signate1662
footmark1666
trait1752
memorandum1766
fingerprint1792
insignia1796
identifier1807
designative1824
cachet1840
differentiator1854
tanga1867
trademark1869
signature1873
totem1875
differential1883
earmarkings1888
paw print1894
discriminator1943
ident1952
society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign > slight
sparklec1380
odourc1384
smell?a1505
savour?1531
casta1556
obumbrationa1631
smite1640
subindication1655
smattering1764
whiff1872
breath1873
the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a slight touch or trace
specec1330
taste1390
lisounc1400
savourc1400
smatcha1500
smell?a1505
spice1531
smack1539
shadow1586
surmise1586
relish1590
tang1593
touch1597
stain1609
tincture1612
dasha1616
soula1616
twanga1640
whiff1644
haut-goût1650
casta1661
stricturea1672
tinge1736
tinct1752
vestige1756
smattering1764
soupçon1766
smutch1776
shade1791
suspicion1809
lineament1811
trait1815
tint1817
trace1827
skiff1839
spicing1844
smudgea1871
ghost1887
society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun]
signa1382
stepa1382
ficchingc1384
marka1400
tracesc1400
scentc1422
footstep?a1425
tidinga1440
relicc1475
smell?a1505
stead1513
vestigy1545
print1548
token1555
remnant1560
show1561
mention1564
signification1576
footing?1580
tract1583
remainder1585
vestige1602
wrack1602
engravement1604
footstepping1610
resent1610
ghost1613
impression1613
remark1624
footprint1625
studdle1635
vestigium1644
relict1646
perception1650
vestigiary1651
track1657
symptom1722
signacle1768
ray1773
vestigia1789
footmark1800
souvenir1844
latent1920
a1505 R. Henryson Orpheus & Eurydice 25 in Poems (1981) 133 Off forebearis thay tuke tarage and smell.
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 140 This saiyng hath scacely any smelle or sauour of Diogenes, although he beareth the name of it.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 151 To haue a smack and smel of auncient Latium.
a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 129 There is with Thee not so much as any smell or shadow of iniustice.
a1688 J. Bunyan Saints' Privilege in Wks. (1855) I. 669 Without the least smell or tang of imperfection.
1702 S. Sewall Diary (1882) III. 398 Mrs. Thacher..troubled at her Marriage to Mr. Kemp,..some smell of Relation between them.
1882 Nature 18 May 59/2 The methods have a German ‘smell’.
1948 ‘N. Shute’ No Highway ii. 38 Fifteen years in the aircraft industry... One gets to know the smell of things like this.
1974 J. Thomson Long Revenge iii. 40 The smell of the case had come back to him..and he had the feeling that there was a great deal more to it.
b. That quality by which anything is felt or suspected to be near at hand.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign
tokeningc888
fingereOE
senyeOE
markOE
showing?c1225
blossomc1230
signa1325
signifyingc1384
evidencea1393
notea1398
forbysena1400
kenninga1400
knowinga1400
showerc1400
unningc1400
signala1413
signification?a1425
demonstrancec1425
cenyc1440
likelinessc1450
ensign1474
signifure?a1475
outshowinga1500
significativea1500
witter1513
precedent1518
intimation1531
signifier1532
meith1533
monument1536
indicion?1541
likelihood1541
significator1554
manifest1561
show1561
evidency1570
token-teller1574
betokener1587
calendar1590
instance1590
testificate1590
significant1598
crisis1606
index1607
impression1613
denotementa1616
story1620
remark1624
indicium1625
denotation1633
indice1636
signum1643
indiction1653
trace1656
demonstrator1657
indication1660
notationa1661
significatory1660
indicator1666
betrayer1678
demonstration1684
smell1691
wittering1781
notaa1790
blazonry1850
sign vehicle1909
marker1919
rumble1927
the world > space > distance > nearness > [noun] > quality by which nearness is detected
smell1691
1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 36 They..won't so much as come within the Smell of Danger.
1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake II. xi. 176 My spirit likes the smell of gold as well as yours.
1973 Times 19 Dec. 14/7 Things are looking up: there is a smell of success in the air.
1981 Listener 2 July 3/1 There's a smell of success: people really think they can shift governments.
4. An act of smelling; a sniff. Also figurative.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [noun] > exercising sense of smell
snevingc1200
odoration?a1425
snokingc1440
smelling1509
smellc1560
vent1575
venting1611
sniff1767
snuff1822
olfaction1833
c1560 T. Ingelend Disobedient Child (Percy Soc.) 16 He hath of knaverye tooke such a smell.
c1560 T. Ingelend Disobedient Child (Percy Soc.) 45 After that I had taken a smell Of their good wyll and fervent love.
1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 16 So many hundred poor Souls, that would reckon it a Blessing to have but one savory Smell at his Flesh-pots.
1817 W. Scott Let. Apr. (1932) I. 514 What do you think Constable would give for a smell of it?
1878 J. S. Campion On Frontier (ed. 2) 25 The winner gets a drink and the losers a smell at the cork of the bottle.

Compounds

C1. attributive, as smell-reach, smell-sense.
ΚΠ
a1652 R. Brome Mad Couple Well Match'd iv. i. sig. F2v, in Five New Playes (1653) Out of the smell-reach of your Lord's perfum'd gloves.
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Aug. 5/1 A guardian affected by anosmia, or absence of the smell-sense.
C2.
smell fox n. the wood anemone, Anemone nemorosa.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > buttercup and allied flowers > anemones
anemone1548
rose parsley1548
windflower1551
agrimony1578
hepatica1578
liverwort1578
noble agrimony1578
noble liverwort1578
pasque flower1578
Coventry bells1597
flaw-flower1597
herb trinity1597
pulsatilla1597
emony1644
wood-anemone1657
Robin Hood1665
poppy anemone1731
Alpine anemone1774
liverleaf1820
Japan anemone1847
Pennsylvania wind flower1869
smell fox1892
prairie smoke1893
prairie crocus1896
St. Brigid anemone1902
Japanese anemonec1908
Spanish marigold-
1892 C. M. Yonge Old Woman's Outlook 49 The beloved Anemone nemorosa—the wind~flower—or, as the village children unpoetically call it, ‘smell foxes’.
1898 C. M. Yonge John Keble's Parishes xv. 172 Smellfox, anemone.
1931 M. Grieve Mod. Herbal I. 34 Anemone (Wood)..Synonyms. Crowfoot, Windflower, Smell Fox.
smell-trap n. a trap to intercept and carry off bad smells.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > [noun] > sewer > trap
stink-trap1782
gas trap1818
stench-trap1833
trap1833
smell-trap1851
bottle trap1876
trapping1890
reflux trap1892
1851 C. Kingsley Yeast vi Among high art and painted glass, spade farms, and model smell-traps.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

smellv.

Brit. /smɛl/, U.S. /smɛl/
Forms: α. Middle English smellen (Middle English smellyn), Middle English smeallen; Middle English–1500s smelle, Middle English–1600s smel, Middle English– smell. past tense Middle English–1500s smelde (Middle English smeld), Middle English– smelled (1500s Scottish smellit), 1500s– smelt. past participle Middle English i-smelled, Middle English, 1500s– smelled, Middle English smellid, 1600s– smelt. β. Middle English smullen, Middle English smille, Middle English smylle. past tense Middle English smulde, smilde.
Etymology: Early Middle English smellen and smüllen, no doubt of Old English origin, but not recorded, and not represented in any of the cognate languages. In the past tense and participle both smelled and smelt are in use, but the latter is now the more frequent of the two in British English.
I. transitive. To perceive something by smell, and related uses.
1.
a. To have perception of (an object, odour, etc.) by means of the olfactory sense.to smell powder: see powder n.1 Phrases 1d.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [verb (transitive)] > track or perceive using sense of smell
i-stinkc1000
smellc1175
smakec1220
feelc1225
asmellc1320
savoura1382
scenta1425
winda1425
get1530
vent1575
nose1577
smell1608
resent1614
snuff1697
to get (also take, pick up) the scent1723
to carry scent1753
find1827
snuffle1871
flair1919
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 153 Hwenne þe nose bið open to smelle unlofne breð.
a1240 Ureisun in Old Eng. Hom. I. 189 Of al þet ich abbe..wið neose ismelled.
c1350 Leg. Rood (1871) 57 Anon þer com so swete a smul..Þat al hit smulde wiþ gret Ioye þat in þe cuntre weren þere.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Coll. Phys.) l. 23456 In þis lif hauis man gret liking..Swet speceri to thef and smel.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xvi. 372 Whan mawgis had passed over the water, bayard smelled hym & began to crye.
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xxiv. 109 The nose, also, every ayre doth smel.
1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ Countercuffe sig. Aiij As good a Hound for his sent to smell a feast as euer man sawe.
1611 Bible (King James) Tobit viii. 3 The which smell, when the euill spirit had smelled, hee fled into..Egypt. View more context for this quotation
1691 A. Gavin Observ. Journy to Naples 89 The Mole, it seems,..no sooner had smelt the Oar, but crept into another Hole near to it.
1779 G. Keate Sketches from Nature (ed. 2) II. 209 Paris may be smelt five miles before you arrive at it.
1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 830 Civeted fellows, smelt ere they are seen. View more context for this quotation
1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. iii. 106 A boy, who had seldom smelled powder fired in anger before.
1860 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 13 Oct. 13/2 I can smell the heavy resinous incense as I pass the church.
b. To inhale the odour or scent of (a thing); to sniff at; to examine in this way.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [verb (transitive)] > exercise the sense of smell
snevec1200
snokec1380
savoura1382
thevea1400
whiff1635
nesea1637
scent1638
venta1640
taste1656
snift1736
sniff1792
olfact1805
to run up1815
smell1831
sniffa1845
snuff1858
smellsip1922
1831 J. Dalton Gentleman in Black i. 5 ‘Confound this head-ache.’..‘Pshaw! pshaw! smell this bottle,’ said the stranger.
1845 Encycl. Metrop. XXV. 241/1 To smell each other's head or neck is the only mode of salutation practised.
1886 C. E. Pascoe London of To-day (ed. 3) xl. 343 They import from Paris..flowers so natural that one is tempted to smell them.
2.
a. To perceive as if by smell; esp. to detect, discern, or discover by natural shrewdness, sagacity, or instinct; to suspect, to have an inkling of, to divine. to smell the ground, of ships: see ground n. 2b.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > detect > (as) by smelling
smellc1380
smell?1548
scent?1553
outsmella1563
nosea1637
to get (also take, pick up) the scent1723
snuff1790
besmell1803
sniff1864
snuffle1871
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 216 Men schullen in spirit smelle þe swettenesse & þe holynesse of iesu crist & his lif.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xxxix. 25 Aferr he smellith bataile.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxxxvjv He secretly smelled, that some men, priuely disdained his aduancement.
a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) ii. iii. sig. C.iiij If I beginne first, he will smell all my purpose.
1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) ii. vi. 61 Lest the Lay people should smell their Idolatrie.
1668 S. Pepys Diary 30 Aug. (1976) IX. 295 Lord Brouncker, who I perceive, and the rest, doth smell that it came from me, but dare not find fault with it.
1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses vi. 26 We were over-joy'd..not smelling what was at bottom of the Plot.
1798 J. Wolcot Tales of Hoy in Wks. (1812) IV. 408 The people never smelt the cheat.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iii. vii. 139 A victorious Parlement smells new danger.
1885 A. B. Ellis W. Afr. Islands xi. 267 The reverend father at once smelt a miracle.
b. to smell a rat: see rat n.1 Phrases 2.
3. To search or find out by, or as by, the sense of smell. Chiefly figurative.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > detect > (as) by smelling
smellc1380
smell?1548
scent?1553
outsmella1563
nosea1637
to get (also take, pick up) the scent1723
snuff1790
besmell1803
sniff1864
snuffle1871
?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature iii. sig. Cvii And hast thu so longe, dyssembled thus with me? Infidelitas. Yea, for aduauntage, to smell out your subtylyte.
1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. June 25 Gloss. They woulde..smell out the vntruth.
1629 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime viii. 84 Smelling vs out to be English, [they] made vs rise out of our beds.
1688 S. Penton Guardian's Instr. 32 Humility and want of Learning (which Children are apt to smell out).
1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) 339 The Scots folks have an excellent nose to smell out their Countryfolks.
1811 Sporting Mag. 37 76 To smell out a little bargain.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. ii. 25 I never smell out a secret, but I try to be either at the right or the wrong end of it.
1892 H. R. Haggard Nada the Lily 12 A rich man..had lost some cattle, and came with gifts to Noma, praying him to smell them out.
4. To distinguish (one thing from another) by the smell. Chiefly figurative.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > discern [verb (transitive)] > recognize as different
sundereOE
distinct1303
knowc1330
distinguea1340
kena1400
tella1425
discern1484
distinguish1561
smell1582
discriminate1637
undifference1654
1582 in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. 39 I know your L. will soone smell deuises from simplicity, trueth from trecherie.
a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) i. sig. C I can smell a knaue from a Rat.
1838 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Monthly Repository Mar. 172/1 The judges there can smell silver from gold through a Russia-leather portmanteau.
5. To find or make (one's way) by the sense of smell. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [verb (transitive)] > track or perceive using sense of smell
i-stinkc1000
smellc1175
smakec1220
feelc1225
asmellc1320
savoura1382
scenta1425
winda1425
get1530
vent1575
nose1577
smell1608
resent1614
snuff1697
to get (also take, pick up) the scent1723
to carry scent1753
find1827
snuffle1871
flair1919
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)] > effect forward movement in specific way > in other specific ways
smell1608
to bore one's waya1705
slice1872
sing1890
nose1894
to bullock one's way1909
muscle1934
to winkle one's way1979
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xiv. 91 Goe thrust him out at gates, and let him smell his way to Douer. View more context for this quotation
1838 T. Mitchell in Aristophanes Clouds 82 He and his school were provided with noses, which smelt their way into sources of knowledge.
II. intransitive. To exercise the sense of smell.
6.
a. To exercise, employ, make use of, the sense of smell in relation to a specified object. Const. at, of (now U.S.), †on, or to (†unto).The const. to is by far the most frequent down to the 19th cent., during which at has become usual.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [verb (intransitive)] > exercise sense of smell
smellc1200
smella1300
snokec1380
smell1526
snuff1530
snuffle1601
whiff1635
sniff1788
nose1794
nuzzle1806
snuft1820
snuzzle1861
(a)
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 35 Mid þe nose þarto te smullen.
?a1366 Romaunt Rose 1669 To pulle a rose of al that route..And smellen to it wher I wente.
1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy v, in T. Ashmole Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum (1652) 71 It is not wholesome to smell to some Cole.
1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde ii. f. lxxviv Let the chylde smell to rue, and to asa fetida.
1586 G. Pettie & B. Yong tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (rev. ed.) iv. f. 191v Lord William,..in taking of the Cup, did smell to the wine.
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 32 This Saddle when you first present to the Horse, let him smell to it.
1670 J. Smith England's Improvem. Reviv'd 213 The Root smelled unto is good for the same purpose.
1757 W. Thompson Royal Navy-men's Advocate 20 Dogs..would not even smell to it.
1803 T. Beddoes Hygëia III. ix. 99 The patient drank tea..and smelt to a tuberose.
1890 O. Crawfurd Round Calendar in Portugal 147 Their flowers can be plucked or smelled to without bending the back.
(b)1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 722/2 Smell at my coller, and you shall parceyve whether it be I that stynke or nat.1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxxviii. 333 If the smell do please it, the beast will alwayes be smelling at it.1704 N. N. tr. T. Boccalini Advts. from Parnassus III. 280 He bid some of his Priests..smell at the French-men's Hands.1743 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epode vi, in tr. Horace Odes II. 303 But You..at Crusts are smelling.1836 W. S. Landor Pericles & Aspasia II. 6 She smells at it and turns away.1863 C. Reade Hard Cash III. 115 She smelt at her salts, and soon recovered that weakness.(c)1624 F. Quarles Sions Sonets xv. 4 When I smelt of my returned hand.1815 E. Inchbald Child of Nature i. iii Here—smell of this bottle—it will do you good.1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xv. 224 She recommended to him to smell of hartshorn.1852 G. W. Curtis Lotos-eating 3 I have not yet done..smelling of all the flowers.1912 F. J. Haskin Amer. Govt. 276 He took out the cork, smelled of it, and then replaced it.1919 E. O'Neill Moon of Caribbees 30 His foot hits a bottle. He stoops down and picks it up and smells of it.(d)1626 J. Yates Ibis ad Cæsarem ii. 77 Error is the weed we so much smell on.1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. ii. 25 Fetch something, and give it Mercie to smell on, thereby to stay her fainting. View more context for this quotation1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) I. 207 To which hole they bring the Mare for the Horse to smell on.1784 New Spectator No. 3. 3 Having examined and smelled on the leaves, she was satisfied.
b. figurative. To take or get a slight touch or taste of, to pay some slight attention to, a thing. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > be attentive, pay attention to [verb (intransitive)] > to a limited extent
smell1553
the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)] > be subjected to or undergo an action > undergo or experience > slightly
smell1553
to taste of1700
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > experience > have experience of [verb (intransitive)] > slightly
to taste of1526
smell1553
(a)
1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1580) 165 The unlearned or foolishe phantasticall, that smelles but of learnyng.
1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries ii. 46 b Not without his great domage, which hee shall both feele, and smell of againe.
1600 Weakest goeth to Wall sig. G3v And dogs keepe out of the Chauncell, ye shall smell of the whip else.
(b)c1575 J. Hooker Life Sir P. Carew in Archaeologia (1840) 28 98 He in noe wise coulde frame the younge Peter to smell to a bo[o]cke.1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 152 Were there never so sweet..flowers gathered,..these supercilious novellers will not vouchsafe to smell to them.
7. Without const. To possess or exercise the sense of smell; to be able to perceive odours, or to be engaged in doing this. Also figurative.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [verb (intransitive)] > exercise sense of smell
smellc1200
smella1300
snokec1380
smell1526
snuff1530
snuffle1601
whiff1635
sniff1788
nose1794
nuzzle1806
snuft1820
snuzzle1861
a1300 E.E. Psalter cxiii. 6 Nese-thirles þai haue, and smel sal noght.
a1325 Prose Psalter cxv. 6 Hij ne shul nouȝt smullen.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 87 Ere and yhe and nase and mouth, Wherof a man mai hiere and se And smelle and taste in his degre.
a1500 Adrian & Epotys 68 in Brome Bk. 27 The joy [of heaven] may no tonge telle, Tyll domys day thow he woll smell.
1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 63v Doth not the Lyon for strengthe,..excell man? Doth not..the Vulter smell better.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. iii. 160 Downe with the Nose..Of him, that his particular to foresee Smels from the generall weale. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 411 Every lower facultie Of sense, whereby they hear, see, smell, touch, taste. View more context for this quotation
1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. i. 25 Two Rats..ran smelling backwards and forwards on the Bed.
1824 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) I. 283 We walked and smelt for half an hour.
1898 Daily News 23 July 6/2 It will be the object of this Committee..to go smelling in Shoreditch.
III. To emit an odour or smell, and related uses.
8.
a. intransitive. To give out, send forth, or exhale an odour; to have a smell, scent, etc.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [verb (intransitive)]
stinkc725
steamOE
smellc1175
smakec1315
savoura1400
taragec1407
flavourc1425
scentc1460
breathea1500
smell1526
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 53 He..bret hine [the cheese] for þon þet he scolde swote smelle.
c1220 Bestiary 751 in Old Eng. Misc. Al ðat eure smelleð swete.
a1225 Leg. Kath. 1526 Mi swete lif, se swoteliche he smecheð me & smealleð.
a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 61 Hire erbes smulleþ suete.
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 505 He cheweth grayn and likorys To smellen swete.
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. xii. 514 Chaunge hit ofte vntil hit better smylle.
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iii. xx Hit smelleth lyke bame.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 722/2 Take away this fysshe, it smelleth nat very well.
1562 W. Turner Herball (1568) ii. 126 Sage is a long bushe,..smellinge wounderfully.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 25 Hee smels like a fish. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 319 Herbs of every leaf, that..made gay Her bosom smelling sweet. View more context for this quotation
1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iv. viii. 119 I observed the young Animal's Flesh to smell very rank.
1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 486 The whole matter smelt very sour as it was dug.
1842 E. A. Parnell Elements Chem. Anal. (1845) 294 A combustible gas, smelling like bisulphuret of carbon.
1885 W. T. Hornaday Two Years in Jungle xxvi. 304 It smelled like sulphuretted hydrogen.
b. spec. To give out an offensive odour; to stink.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > stink [verb (intransitive)]
stinkc725
stenchc950
to-stinka1382
smella1400
savour?1440
stew1563
reek1609
funk1694
pen-and-ink1892
whiff1899
niff1900
hum1902
pong1906
honk1959
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 14322 He smellis for iiij. dayes ar gane syn he was lokin vnder a stane.
1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health ccxliii. 263 When the Waters and feelds smoke and smell.
1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 80 Beeing told that his breath did smell.
a1677 J. Taylor Contempl. State Man (1684) i. iv. 36 If he reach Old Age..his Breath smells.
c. figurative. Also in not to smell right, to have an air of being not quite in order.
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society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > be unprincipled [verb (intransitive)] > be shady or fishy
smell1939
not to smell right1950
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xi. 426 Þere smit no þinge so smerte, ne smelleth so soure, As shame.
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 1022 Me thinketh this smelleth like a lye.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iii. 36 O my offence is ranck, it smels to heauen. View more context for this quotation
1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 36 The hope of torturing him smells like a heap Of corpses, to a death-bird after battle.
a1862 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1869) III. iii. 157 That corrupt and tyrannical dynasty whose offences smelt to heaven.]
1939 ‘N. Blake’ Smiler with Knife x. 154 It doesn't sound like Fascism. It doesn't smell like Fascism.
1950 ‘J. Tey’ To love & be Wise xvii. 219 It's..the whole set~up... It doesn't smell right.
1969 Sunday Times 21 Dec. (Colour Suppl.) 11/1 Jock could not have been nicer... As a matter of fact he has been so nice that it smells bad.
1974 J. Thomson Long Revenge iii. 33 Finch was inclined towards accepting the case... And yet..he hesitated... It still did not smell right to him.
d. To give rise to suspicion; to have an air of dishonesty or fraud.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfittingness > [verb (intransitive)] > have an air of being not quite in order
smell1939
society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > be unprincipled [verb (intransitive)] > be shady or fishy
smell1939
not to smell right1950
1939 Sun (Baltimore) 12 Dec. 3/3 What ‘smelled’ about the..case appeared to have been saved by committee counsel for later inquiry.
1950 Austral. Police Jrnl. Apr. 118 It smells, it is something to be wary about; highly suspicious.
1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard ii. 78 Things..wouldn't always get past the sharp-eyed QC. If a case smelt, he would smell it.
1973 ‘H. Howard’ Highway to Murder viii. 103 There's a wrong slant to this affair. I can't put my finger on it—but it smells.
9.
a. To exhale or emit the odour of, to have the smell of, something. Also rarely on (now dialect).
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [verb (intransitive)]
stinkc725
steamOE
smellc1175
smakec1315
savoura1400
taragec1407
flavourc1425
scentc1460
breathea1500
smell1526
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [verb (intransitive)] > exercise sense of smell
smellc1200
smella1300
snokec1380
smell1526
snuff1530
snuffle1601
whiff1635
sniff1788
nose1794
nuzzle1806
snuft1820
snuzzle1861
(a)1526 [see sense 9b].
1560 Bible (Geneva) Psalms xlv. 8 All thy garments smell of myrrhe and aloes, and cassia.
1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 45 They smell best, that do of nothing smell.
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 94 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors They gave him a bottle that smelt of Oyle.
1711 W. King tr. G. Naudé Polit. Considerations Refin'd Politicks iii. 109 The answer of a peasant to King Henry, that The pouch will always smell of the herring.
1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 443 Calcined until it no longer smelled of arsenic.
1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxxi. 310 One of the..men already smells of sherry.
1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud vi. vi, in Maud & Other Poems 27 That oil'd and curl'd Assyrian Bull Smelling of musk and of insolence.
(b)1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Fvij All nighte to sprall and stryue with wyne, All day on it to smell [L. putēre].1758 R. Griffiths Descr. Thames 179 Its observable that he is thought by some to feed on Water-Thyme, and that he smells on it, at his first being taken out of the Water.
b. To have or exhibit a touch, tinge, or suggestion of something.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > be similar [verb (intransitive)] > have a touch, tinge, or suggestion of
soundc1340
smatchc1380
soundc1380
savourc1454
smell1526
taste1559
relish1577
smacka1616
reflect1617
seasona1625
tincture1787
twang1821
society > communication > manifestation > [verb (intransitive)] > slightly
to prove wellc1387
peep1579
smell1837
to come through1868
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. BBv Nat for..promocion, or other profite,..for all these smelleth of ypocrisy.
1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. 3 (margin) He supposeth that both their victories will smell of crueltie.
1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xxvi. 210 Praises in an enemy are superfluous, or smell of craft.
1671 J. Davies Sibylls ii. xxiv. 137 That the Relation of his Adventures smell (as much as may be) of a Romance.
1741 Berkeley Wks. (1871) IV. 270 Most modern writings smell of the age.
1760 W. Law Coll. Lett. Interesting & Important Subj. viii. 129 Such a free way of speaking..of my own Books, may have been suspected of smelling too much of Self-esteem.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. i. 10 Some,..seem to hint afar off at something which smells of Agrarian law.
1887 Spectator 17 Sept. 1241 Proposals smelling of confiscation.
c. Of literary work, in the phrases to smell of the candle, lamp, oil, etc., to show signs of being laboured and artificial.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > use ornate language [verb (intransitive)] > be laboured or pedantic
to smell of the candle, lamp, oil1542
to smell of (or taste) the lamp1579
to smell of the inkhorn1587
to smell of oil1646
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 333 Pythias obiected..that his argumentes of rhetorike smelled all of the candle.
1579 T. North tr. Demosthenes in Plutarch Lives (1595) 889 Pytheas..taunting him on a time, tolde him, his reasons smelled of the lampe. Yea, replied Demosthenes sharply againe: so is there great difference, Pytheas, betwixt thy labor and myne by lampelight.
1616 S. Hieron Dignitie of Preaching (new ed.) in Wks. (1620) I. 586 It is an honour to a sermon, when (as the saying is) it shall smell of the candle.
1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes Prol. for the Court A Worke not smelling of the Lampe.
1650 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Crastini Anim. 16 As were that worth our Braines, and Midnight Oyle.
1675 E. Wilson Spadacrene Dunelmensis 72 That work needs not smell of Oyl.
1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. v. xx. 309 That dry..pedantic..Style which smells of the Lamp and the College.
1769 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 21 Apr. (1932) (modernized text) VI. 2883 I asked [Lord Chatham]..how..he could always speak with so much extempore eloquence..without its smelling of the lamp.
1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe III. vii. 639 Even those [sc. letters] to his sister..smell too much of the lamp.
1871 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1886) 282 His sentences..smell of the library.
1887 G. Saintsbury Hist. Elizabethan Lit. iv. 91 Hardly any poet smells of the lamp less disagreeably than Spenser.
1927 J. Galsworthy Castles in Spain 154 At times he wrote stories unworthy of him. At times his work smelled of the lamp.
1953 G. S. Fraser Mod. Writer & his World iii. iv. 254 This desire of his..to be ‘complex’ and to bring in a wide range of cultural references at all costs does make his work sometimes smell a little of the lamp.
10. transitive. To have or emit a smell of (something).
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [verb (transitive)]
breathe1532
flavour1542
season1559
smellc1595
resent1602
stop1607
fling1637
tinge1690
savour1832
odorize1857
steam1861
c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme xlv. 30 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 39 Mirrh, Aloes, Casia, all thie robes doe smell.
1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor iii. ii. 62 He smelles All April and May.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 442 She smelt browne-bread and Garlicke. View more context for this quotation
1854 W. M. Thackeray Wolves & Lamb in Wks. (1899) XII. 16 There's..crumbs on your cheek, and you smell sherry, sir!
11. colloquial. To cause to smell; to fill or affect with an (offensive) odour. Also with out.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > stink of [verb (transitive)] > cause to stink
stinka1300
stench1577
smell1887
1887 Aberd. Evening Express 5 Sept. 2/6 Parts [of a whale] which are still in such a condition that they would smell the whole museum.
1978 Lancashire Life Oct. 83/3 Ah must ‘a’ smelt the class-room a'et When a' them odours mingled.
1979 ‘J. Ross’ Rattling of Old Bones ii. 17 How..can you have a dead body smelling out the house and not know it?

Draft additions August 2004

Originally U.S. colloquial. to smell the roses (also flowers): to appreciate or fully enjoy life's pleasures, esp. those things which are transitory or regarded as inessential; frequently in to stop and smell the roses (also flowers).
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1930 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 8 June 25/1 Mr. Axton Clark's review..was so generally fair, when it was not flattering, that I am disinclined to fend off his few brickbats. Such treatment makes an author almost as willing to smile at the bricks as to smell the roses.
1957 Washington Post 9 Jan. c1/1 Don't worry, don't hurry. You're only on this earth for a visit so stop and smell the flowers.
1977 N.Y. Times 16 Jan. v. 3/3 Miss Alcott says she is ‘really goal-oriented right now’, and that her mother and sister tell her ‘calm down and don't forget to stop and smell the roses as you go by’.
1990 J. Welch Indian Lawyer 49 Some of our best boys are getting up there—hell, they want to get out and smell the roses one more time before they croak.
2002 Black Belt Jan. 72 Enjoy everything... Smell the roses in your mind.
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