Definition of scent

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Scent (v. t.) To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does..

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Peristerite :: Peristerite (n.) A variety of albite, whitish and slightly iridescent like a pigeon's neck..
Lockage :: Lockage (n.) Amount of elevation and descent made by the locks of a canal.
Entail :: Entail (n.) The rule by which the descent is fixed.
Dipyre :: Dipyre (n.) A mineral of the scapolite group; -- so called from the double effect of fire upon it, in fusing it, and rendering it phosphorescent..
Iridiated :: Iridiated (a.) Iridescent.
Will :: Will (adv.) As an auxiliary, will is used to denote futurity dependent on the verb. Thus, in first person, I will denotes willingness, consent, promise; and when will is emphasized, it denotes determination or fixed purpose; as, I will go if you wish; I will go at all hazards. In the second and third persons, the idea of distinct volition, wish, or purpose is evanescent, and simple certainty is appropriately expressed; as, You will go, or He will go, describes a future event as a fact only. To e
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Direct :: Direct (a.) In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line..
Entail :: Entail (n.) An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue..
Rubescence :: Rubescence (n.) The quality or state of being rubescent; a reddening; a flush.
Perfume :: Perfume (v.) The scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor; fragrance; aroma..
Dryfoot :: Dryfoot (n.) The scent of the game, as far as it can be traced..
Polyphyletic :: Polyphyletic (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, descent from more than one root form, or from many different root forms; polygenetic; -- opposed to monophyletic..
#NAME? :: -ent () An adjective suffix signifying action or being; as, corrodent, excellent, emergent, continent, quiescent. See -ant..
Iridescence :: Iridescence (n.) Exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; the quality or state of being iridescent; a prismatic play of color; as, the iridescence of mother-of-pearl..
Renascent :: Renascent (a.) Springing or rising again into being; being born again, or reproduced..
Lapidescent :: Lapidescent (n.) Any substance which has the quality of petrifying other bodies, or of converting or being converted into stone..
Sweet :: Sweet (superl.) Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish..
Spumid :: Spumescent (a.) Resembling froth or foam; foaming.
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