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单词 smeller
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smellern.

Brit. /ˈsmɛlə/, U.S. /ˈsmɛlər/
Forms: Also 1500s–1600s smellar.
Etymology: < smell v. + -er suffix1.
1.
a. One who has or exercises the sense of smell; one who smells out, etc.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [noun] > one who exercises
smeller1519
venter1611
olfactor1829
1519 W. Horman Vulgaria v. f. 45 They that haue nostrellis strayght forth be good smellars.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. UUUviii The smellers or felers therof hath thought themselfe rauisshed, as if they had ben in paradise.
1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. E.ii The smeller of smellers then, thou art euyn hee.
1658 tr. G. della Porta Nat. Magick viii. i. 218 Adding a little Musk, to gain an easier reception of the Smeller.
1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. i. §12 The first smellers out of so great a design.
1888 H. W. Parker Spirit of Beauty (1891) 92 Calderwood shows how the sensationalists would evolve a whole philosophy of mind and morals from a smell, and that, too, without a smeller.
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b. slang. ‘A prying fellow; one who tries to smell out something; a sneaking spy’ ( Cent. Dict.).
2.
a. Cant. A garden. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > [noun]
leightonc950
orchardOE
garden1279
yard1390
vergera1400
smelling cheat1567
garden ground1577
gardenage1600
smeller1610
viridary1657
viridariumc1660
gardening1682
greenery1783
1610 S. Rid Martin Mark-all sig. Eiv Smellar, a garden; not Smelling cheate, for thats a Nosegay.
b. One who has a smell; a stinker.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [noun] > one who or that which
stewat1535
Stymphalist1595
stinkardc1600
stinker1607
stencha1616
smellera1627
carrionere1648
stinker1834
stink-pot1854
a1627 J. Fletcher & T. Middleton Nice Valour iv. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Uuu3v/1 Such nasty smellers, That..They might have cudgel'd me with their very stinks.
3. A feeler; a slender tactile organ, hair, etc.; esp. one of the whiskers of a cat.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > feeler > hair-like
smelling-organ1596
smeller1665
palpocil1860
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] > miscellaneous parts of > whiskers
camps?a1500
smelling-organ1596
mustachios1605
granons1607
smeller1665
cheek bristles1848
1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 180 Of the Eyes and Head of a Grey Drone-Fly... As concerning the horns.., the feelers or smellers.., the Proboscis [etc.].
1738 Gentleman's Mag. 8 378/2 Smellers, or kind of Whiskers, at his Nostrils.
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Smellers, a cat's whiskers.
1840 Peter Parley's Ann. 266 Mosette felt her smellers crackle close to her nose.
1899 Daily News 18 Apr. 8/2 A black tom cat... White chest, white hind legs, and white smellers.
4. slang.
a. The nose; plural the nostrils.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun]
noseeOE
naseeOE
nebeOE
billa1000
nesec1175
grunyie?a1513
gnomon1582
nib1585
proboscis1631
handle to (also of, on) one's face1675
snot-gall1685
nozzle1689
bowsprit1690
smeller1699
snitch1699
trunk1699
vessel1813
index1817
conk1819
sneezer1820
scent box1826
snorter1829
snuff-box1829
bugle1847
beak1854
nasal1854
sniffer1858
boko1859
snoot1861
snorer1891
horn1893
spectacles-seat1895
razzo1899
beezer1915
schnozzle1926
schnozzola1929
schnozz1930
snozzle1930
honker1942
hooter1958
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun] > nostril
nasethirleOE
nostrilOE
nesethirla1275
nose-thirla1333
thirla1350
narea1398
thrilla1400
nose-holl?a1425
nose-holec1450
throlla1475
narel1486
snot-hole1648
snuffera1658
snurl1691
naris1693
smeller1854
prenaris1882
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew
1822 Blackwood's Mag. 11 594 Here was..a hit on the wind—a douss on the smeller.
1854 ‘C. Bede’ Further Adventures Mr. Verdant Green (ed. 2) iv. 29 Come on..and let me have a rap at your smellers.
1894 Nation 29 Nov. 399/3 He would rather not have to draw his claret and close his peepers and mash his smeller and break his breadbasket.
b. A blow on the nose. Also transferred.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking on specific part of the body > [noun] > on the head > on the nose
snitch1676
snitchel1676
conker1821
smeller1824
nozzler1828
noser1829
snorter1829
nose-ender1854
1824 Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1825) 38 He swore he would tip me a smeller.
1864 Daily Tel. 3 Sept. The Metacomet, which was hitting out wildly,..delivered to the Hartford a ‘smeller’ intended for the rebel ram.
1872 Punch 6 Apr. 150/2 What in low fighting slang is called a smeller.
5. figurative. Anything remarkable for exceptional violence, severity, strength, etc.
a. = snorter n.1 2b.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > strong or violent wind
birra1325
racka1400
galea1547
Euroclydon1561
huff-gale1582
whiskera1598
gale-wind1628
sniffler1768
snifter1768
storm wind1839
buster1848
snorter1855
snorer1871
blusterer1877
ripsnorter1889
smeller1898
hurricane wind1921
1898 R. Kipling Fleet in Being v. 55 Good old gales—regular smellers.
b. slang. A heavy fall; usually in to come a smeller. Cf. stinker n. 6c.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > falling down or from erect position (animates) > severe fall
breakneck1563
plumper1810
purl1825
mucker1851
cropper1858
burster1863
smasher1875
crumpler1883
smeller1923
1923 J. Manchon Le Slang 278 Smeller, (2) to come a smeller, ramasser une pelle.
1934 P. G. Wodehouse Right ho, Jeeves ix. 92 A man's brain whizzes along for years exceeding the speed limit, and then something suddenly goes wrong with the steering gear and it skids and comes a smeller in the ditch.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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