单词 | scenting |
释义 | scentingn. 1. The action of smelling or perceiving a scent; esp. the action of tracking or hunting by means of the sense of smell; the ability to do this. Also (in early use): the sense of smell. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [noun] > tracking or detecting by odour scenting1855 stooping1897 the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > action of perfuming gumming1419 perfuming1567 sweetening1591 aromatization1603 aromatizing1606 ambering1682 scenting1855 the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > work done by hounds > [noun] > tracking by scent scenting1855 roading1869 1580 H. Gifford Posie of Gilloflowers i. sig. B.v They haue not..the sight of an Eagle; the swiftnes of a Tyger; the senting of a Dogge. 1618 A. de Bruyn Narration Hist. French Massacre 32 Like Bloud-hounds, of better scenting than euer Verres had any. 1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect i. ii. 161 In scenting, a pointer keeps his nose close along the ground. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 209 An unusually difficult tract of country.., where ‘scenting’ was slow. 1976 Shooting Times & Country Mag. 18 Nov. 28/2 The Clifton on Teme have found scenting good on the whole. 2005 T. Adams in Granta Summer 114 Overall through, he could not say that the antis had ruined things for him; they were just another thing to worry about when the wind was blowing and the scenting was hard. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [noun] > physical sensation feelinga1225 witc1290 sentimentc1374 perceivinga1398 scentc1422 feelc1450 sensation1598 aesthesis1601 sensing1613 sensity1613 resentment1634 perceptiona1652 scenting1657 sensating1666 awaring1674 sensitivity1819 sense perception1846 sentition1865 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 22 Bees have all the five senses, though there do not appear all those outward Organs of senting, which some other Animals have. 3. The action of imbuing something with a scent. ΚΠ 1669 W. Charleton Mysterie of Vintners in Two Disc. 180 Perhaps some, not well understanding what is meant by this Scenting of Casks, will pardon me if I..explain it. 1823 J. Adams Remarks on Country Cape Palmas to River Congo i. 39 In the application of her paint, the management of her hair, and the scenting of her person, discovers no inconsiderable degree of skill. 1855 G. W. S. Piesse Art of Perfumery 100 The perfumer uses musk principally in the scenting of soap. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xix. 502 Crocodiles... A curious feature is the scenting of the water with the musky secretion of two pairs of odoriferous glands. 2007 Key: N.Y. Times Real Estate Mag. Fall 71/2 ‘I'm aromatically curious,’ says Mark Peltier, the founder of AromaSys, the company handling the scenting of the CityCenter sales pavilion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). scentingadj. 1. a. Having or using the sense of smell; esp. (of a hound or other animal) that detects or follows a scent or scent trail. In later use frequently with modifying word. low-scenting adj. able to detect very low levels of scent; keen-scented. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > thing hunted or game > [adjective] > scent scentinga1547 hot1595 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [adjective] > that hunts > in particular way scentinga1547 flying1684 steady1735 unentered1772 a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Fourth Bk. Aeneas (1554) iv. sig. B.iiv Of sentyng houndes a kenell huge [L. odora canum vis]. 1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 99v The scenting Hounds pursude, The hastie Hare of foote [L. currentem..ante canes leporem]. 1677 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 2) i. 28 The first kinde [of hunting-Dog] is called Ane Rache, and this is a Foot-scenting creature both of wilde-Beasts, Birds, and Fishes also. 1792 Poem on Voy. of Discov. 13 No scenting dog the tainted air inhales. 1822 Sporting Mag. Sept. 275/2 The old-fashioned, blue-ticked, deep-mouthed, low-scenting harrier. 1833 Dublin Univ. Mag. Aug. 181/1 Started by the scenting hounds a wild bullock rushed with terrible force through the thicket. 1903 H. A. Bryden Hare-hunting & Harriers xi. 189 The great thing in breeding is to mate from good workers, well-nosed, low-scenting hounds. 1994 Dog World June 98/2 Harriers must have all the attributes of a scenting pack hound. b. Chiefly Hunting. Usually with modifying word. Designating a period of time, type of terrain, or set of conditions in which the scent of a quarry is held or carried by the ground or air to the specified degree. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > work done by hounds > [adjective] restayeda1425 setting1551 retrieving1634 scenting1749 tying1781 break-covert1820 roadingc1880 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. vii. iv. 28 When any Thing in the least soured him, as a bad scenting Day, or a Distemper among his Hounds. View more context for this quotation 1839 New Sporting Mag. Apr. 240 Our master saw his hounds flying away like a flock of pigeons across the rich scenting grounds of Beddington bottoms. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 543/1 It will be well to select a good scenting covert..for the first morning. 1920 J. Mackillop in J. Mackillop et al. Lett. to Young Sportsmen on Hunting, Angling & Shooting iii. 18 On bad scenting days and with ringing foxes they see all there is to see. 1971 Field & Stream Jan. 130/3 He's also smart enough to slow down when the scenting conditions are poor. 2004 Horse & Hound 8 Jan. 52/1 Hunting four days a week gives you a better chance of hitting a good scenting day. 2. Exuding an odour or perfume. Frequently with modifying word, as strong-scenting, sweet-scenting. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [adjective] strongOE savouringc1384 breatheda1398 flairinga1400 smellinga1400 odorifere?a1425 odorous?a1425 smellablec1449 odoranta1465 odoriferousc1487 odiferousa1500 odoureda1500 odiferant1509 redolent?a1513 reflairing1523 odoriferantc1550 scenting1577 odorable1589 breathful1593 fat1598 olent1607 smelled1617 odorific1685 tainted1704 odourful1889 osmic1912 the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [adjective] > that smells scenting1577 ventinga1637 1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 22v Strong sentyng Leekes of Tarentine [L. Fila Tarentini graviter redolentia porri]. 1595 Blanchardine & Eglantine 216 All costly odors and sweet senting spices. 1688 H. Keepe True Narr. Finding Crucifix 22 All things are now preparing for his Funeral Rites, the Body washed and Embalmed with sweet scenting Odors, and Aromatique Spices. 1772 T. Simpson Compl. Vermin-killer 10 The senting oils may be used as mentioned for rats. 1814 Gentleman's Mag. June 583 (note) I have still decked thy now mouldering walls with the sweet-scenting woodbine and rich-flavoured grape. 1871 Amer. Educ. Monthly Oct. 500 His manners were rather French, which made the impression of a brilliant varnish on strong-scenting Muscovy leather. 1952 F. Mahmud & H. Rahman Museums Jrnl. Pakistan Apr. 60 The guide then leads us into the private apartments of the Zamindar, and we come to a sweet-scenting small room where a lovely bed is stretched. 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