In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
SMELLING
smelling, redolent(p)
(adjective) (used with âofâ or âwithâ) noticeably odorous; âthe hall was redolent of floor waxâ; âair redolent with the fumes of beer and whiskeyâ
smell, smelling
(noun) the act of perceiving the odor of something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
smelling
present participle of smell
Used in adjectival compounds.
Noun
smelling (plural smellings)
The act by which something is smelled.
Anagrams
• Mellings
Source: Wiktionary
Smell"ing, n.
1. The act of one who smells.
2. The sense by which odors are perceived; the sense of smell. Locke. Smelling bottle, a small bottle filled with something suited to stimulate the sense of smell, or to remove faintness, as spirits of ammonia.
SMELL
Smell, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smelled, Smelt (; p. pr. & vb. n. Smelling.] Etym: [OE. smellen, smillen, smullen; cf. LG. smellen, smelen, smölen, schmelen, to smoke, to reek, D. smeulen to smolder, and E. smolder. Cf. Smell, n.]
1. To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities; to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell perfumes.
2. To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to scent out;
– often with out. "I smell a device." Shak. Can you smell him out by that Shak.
3. To give heed to. [Obs.] From that time forward I began to smellthe Word of God, and forsook the school doctors. Latimer. To smell a rat, to have a sense of something wrong, not clearly evident; to have reason for suspicion. [Colloq.] -- To smell out, to find out by sagacity. [Colloq.]
Smell, v. i.
1. To affect the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or scent; -- often followed by of; as, to smell of smoke, or of musk.
2. To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savor; as, a report smells of calumny. Praises in an enemy are superfluous, or smell of craft. Milton.
3. To exercise the sense of smell. Ex. xxx. 38.
4. To exercise sagacity. Shak.
Smell, n. Etym: [OE. smel, smil, smul, smeol. See Smell, v. t.] (Physiol.)
1. The sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies are perceived through the instrumentally of the olfactory nerves. See Sense.
2. The quality of any thing or substance, or emanation therefrom, which affects the olfactory organs; odor; scent; fragrance; perfume; as, the smell of mint. Breathing the smell of field and grove. Milton. That which, above all others, yields the sweetest smell in the air, is the violent. Bacon.
Syn.
– Scent; odor; perfume; fragrance.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SENSE
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; âin the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearingâ
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