单词 | smell |
释义 | smelln. 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) (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.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. 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. 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.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. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. 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. 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 ?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. ΘΚΠ 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) (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.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. 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) (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.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. 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. 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 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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]. (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.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. 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). ΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1175v.c1175 |
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