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English Dictionary: stink- by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stink \Stink\, v. t.
      To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stink \Stink\, n. [AS. stinc.]
      A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench.
  
      {Fire stink}. See under {Fire}.
  
      {Stink-fire lance}. See under {Lance}.
  
      {Stink rat} (Zo[94]l.), the musk turtle. [Local, U.S.]
  
      {Stink shad} (Zo[94]l.), the gizzard shad. [Local, U.S.]
  
      {Stink trap}, a stench trap. See under {Stench}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stink \Stink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stunk}, {Stank}, p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Stinking}.] [AS. stinkan to have a smell (whether
      good or bad); akin to OHG. stinchan, G. & D. stinken to
      stink; of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. st[94]kkva to leap, to
      spring, Goth. stigqan to push, strike, or Gr. [?] rancid. Cf.
      {Stench}.]
      To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting
      odor.
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