smelling : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: smelling	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for smelling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smelling adj (used with `of' or `with') noticeably odorous; "the hall was redolent of floor wax"; "air redolent with the fumes of beer and whiskey" Synonym(s): redolent(p), smelling(p) n the act of perceiving the odor of something [syn: smell, smelling]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Smell \Smell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smelled}, {Smelt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smelling}.] [OE. smellen, smillen, smullen; cf. LG. smellen, smelen, sm[94]len, 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. [bd]I smell a device.[b8] --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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Smelling \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.