From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Scent \Scent\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scented; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scenting.] [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.
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Methinks I scent the morning air. --Shak.
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2. To imbue or fill with odor; to perfume.
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Balm from a silver box distilled around,
Shall all bedew the roots, and scent the sacred
ground. --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Scent \Scent\, v. i.
1. To have a smell. [Obs.]
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Thunderbolts . . . do scent strongly of brimstone.
--Holland.
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2. To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Scent \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.
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With lavish hand diffuses scents ambrosial. --Prior.
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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.
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He gained the observations of innumerable ages, and
traveled upon the same scent into Ethiopia. --Sir W.
Temple.
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3. The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of
nice scent; to divert the scent. --I. Watts.
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