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Scent   /sɛnt/   Listen
noun
Scent  n.  
1.
That which, issuing from a body, affects the olfactory organs of animals; odor; smell; as, the scent of an orange, or of a rose; the scent of musk. "With lavish hand diffuses scents ambrosial."
2.
Specifically, the odor left by an animal on the ground in passing over it; as, dogs find or lose the scent; hence, course of pursuit; track of discovery. "He gained the observations of innumerable ages, and traveled upon the same scent into Ethiopia."
3.
The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice scent; to divert the scent.


verb
Scent  v. t.  (past & past part. scented; pres. part. scenting)  
1.
To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does. "Methinks I scent the morning air."
2.
To imbue or fill with odor; to perfume. "Balm from a silver box distilled around, Shall all bedew the roots, and scent the sacred ground."


Scent  v. i.  
1.
To have a smell. (Obs.) "Thunderbolts... do scent strongly of brimstone."
2.
To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.





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"Scent" Quotes from Famous Books



... pistachio, the apple, the pomegranate, the apricot, the vine, the almond, and the fig, and, in addition to the essences common to both Syria and Egypt, the country produced cedrats of a delicious scent which were supposed to be an antidote to all kinds of poisons. Assyria was not well wooded, except in the higher valleys, where willows and poplars bordered the rivers, and sycamores, beeches, limes, and plane trees abounded, ...
— History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 6 (of 12) • G. Maspero
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... defeated prince now resides with his daughter Kubalayamala under the protection of the victorious king. The king sees her one day as she rises after bathing in the Narbadda. He becomes enamoured of her and wishes to marry her. The queen gets scent of the matter. To prevent the curse of co-wifeship, the queen now resolves to get her husband married to the son of her maternal uncle so that he may be ashamed into ...
— Tales from the Hindu Dramatists • R. N. Dutta
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... throw the hounds off the scent of the fox," he said; and, to our astonishment, he proceeded to tear down the heavy curtains from two windows, having first locked the door and closed the outer shutters. He then tore the curtains into long strips, knotting them together; ...
— Caesar's Column • Ignatius Donnelly
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... a pale, straight streak, narrowing to a mere thread at the limit of vision—the only living thing in the wild darkness. All was very still. It had been raining; the wet heather and the pines gave forth scent, and little gusty shivers shook the dripping birch trees. In the pools of sky, between broken clouds, a few stars shone, and half of a thin moon was seen from time to time, like the fragment ...
— Another Sheaf • John Galsworthy
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... the ears fulvous, and a black spot at the angles of the mouth.... It is about four feet long.... The horns are used for knife-handles.... They congregate in small families, but not in herds.... From their strong scent they are easily hunted; though they frequently escape by their speed, doublings, springing to cover, and other artifices.... The roebucks are represented in North America by the ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XII. September, 1863, No. LXXI. - A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics • Various
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