单词 | smeller |
释义 | smellern. 1. a. One who has or exercises the sense of smell; one who smells out, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [noun] > one who exercises smeller1519 venter1611 olfactor1829 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria v. f. 45 They that haue nostrellis strayght forth be good smellars. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. UUUviii The smellers or felers therof hath thought themselfe rauisshed, as if they had ben in paradise. 1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. E.ii The smeller of smellers then, thou art euyn hee. 1658 tr. G. della Porta Nat. Magick viii. i. 218 Adding a little Musk, to gain an easier reception of the Smeller. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. i. §12 The first smellers out of so great a design. 1888 H. W. Parker Spirit of Beauty (1891) 92 Calderwood shows how the sensationalists would evolve a whole philosophy of mind and morals from a smell, and that, too, without a smeller. Categories » b. slang. ‘A prying fellow; one who tries to smell out something; a sneaking spy’ ( Cent. Dict.). 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > [noun] leightonc950 orchardOE garden1279 yard1390 vergera1400 smelling cheat1567 garden ground1577 gardenage1600 smeller1610 viridary1657 viridariumc1660 gardening1682 greenery1783 1610 S. Rid Martin Mark-all sig. Eiv Smellar, a garden; not Smelling cheate, for thats a Nosegay. b. One who has a smell; a stinker. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [noun] > one who or that which stewat1535 Stymphalist1595 stinkardc1600 stinker1607 stencha1616 smellera1627 carrionere1648 stinker1834 stink-pot1854 a1627 J. Fletcher & T. Middleton Nice Valour iv. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Uuu3v/1 Such nasty smellers, That..They might have cudgel'd me with their very stinks. 3. A feeler; a slender tactile organ, hair, etc.; esp. one of the whiskers of a cat. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > feeler > hair-like smelling-organ1596 smeller1665 palpocil1860 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] > miscellaneous parts of > whiskers camps?a1500 smelling-organ1596 mustachios1605 granons1607 smeller1665 cheek bristles1848 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 180 Of the Eyes and Head of a Grey Drone-Fly... As concerning the horns.., the feelers or smellers.., the Proboscis [etc.]. 1738 Gentleman's Mag. 8 378/2 Smellers, or kind of Whiskers, at his Nostrils. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Smellers, a cat's whiskers. 1840 Peter Parley's Ann. 266 Mosette felt her smellers crackle close to her nose. 1899 Daily News 18 Apr. 8/2 A black tom cat... White chest, white hind legs, and white smellers. 4. slang. a. The nose; plural the nostrils. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun] noseeOE naseeOE nebeOE billa1000 nesec1175 grunyie?a1513 gnomon1582 nib1585 proboscis1631 handle to (also of, on) one's face1675 snot-gall1685 nozzle1689 bowsprit1690 smeller1699 snitch1699 trunk1699 vessel1813 index1817 conk1819 sneezer1820 scent box1826 snorter1829 snuff-box1829 bugle1847 beak1854 nasal1854 sniffer1858 boko1859 snoot1861 snorer1891 horn1893 spectacles-seat1895 razzo1899 beezer1915 schnozzle1926 schnozzola1929 schnozz1930 snozzle1930 honker1942 hooter1958 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun] > nostril nasethirleOE nostrilOE nesethirla1275 nose-thirla1333 thirla1350 narea1398 thrilla1400 nose-holl?a1425 nose-holec1450 throlla1475 narel1486 snot-hole1648 snuffera1658 snurl1691 naris1693 smeller1854 prenaris1882 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew 1822 Blackwood's Mag. 11 594 Here was..a hit on the wind—a douss on the smeller. 1854 ‘C. Bede’ Further Adventures Mr. Verdant Green (ed. 2) iv. 29 Come on..and let me have a rap at your smellers. 1894 Nation 29 Nov. 399/3 He would rather not have to draw his claret and close his peepers and mash his smeller and break his breadbasket. b. A blow on the nose. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking on specific part of the body > [noun] > on the head > on the nose snitch1676 snitchel1676 conker1821 smeller1824 nozzler1828 noser1829 snorter1829 nose-ender1854 1824 Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1825) 38 He swore he would tip me a smeller. 1864 Daily Tel. 3 Sept. The Metacomet, which was hitting out wildly,..delivered to the Hartford a ‘smeller’ intended for the rebel ram. 1872 Punch 6 Apr. 150/2 What in low fighting slang is called a smeller. 5. figurative. Anything remarkable for exceptional violence, severity, strength, etc. a. = snorter n.1 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > strong or violent wind birra1325 racka1400 galea1547 Euroclydon1561 huff-gale1582 whiskera1598 gale-wind1628 sniffler1768 snifter1768 storm wind1839 buster1848 snorter1855 snorer1871 blusterer1877 ripsnorter1889 smeller1898 hurricane wind1921 1898 R. Kipling Fleet in Being v. 55 Good old gales—regular smellers. b. slang. A heavy fall; usually in to come a smeller. Cf. stinker n. 6c. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > falling down or from erect position (animates) > severe fall breakneck1563 plumper1810 purl1825 mucker1851 cropper1858 burster1863 smasher1875 crumpler1883 smeller1923 1923 J. Manchon Le Slang 278 Smeller, (2) to come a smeller, ramasser une pelle. 1934 P. G. Wodehouse Right ho, Jeeves ix. 92 A man's brain whizzes along for years exceeding the speed limit, and then something suddenly goes wrong with the steering gear and it skids and comes a smeller in the ditch. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1519 |
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