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SCENTING
Verb
scenting
present participle of scent
Noun
scenting (plural scentings)
The act or process by which something is scented.
Source: Wiktionary
SCENT
Scent, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scented; p. pr. & vb. n. Scenting.] Etym: [Originally sent, fr. F. sentir to feel, to smell. See Sense.]
1. To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does. Methinks I scent the morning air. Shak.
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. Dryden.
Scent, v. i.
1. To have a smell. [Obs.] Thunderbolts . . . do scent strongly of brimstone. Holland.
2. To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.
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. prior.
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. Sir W. Temple.
3. The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice scent; to divert the scent. I. Watts.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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