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单词 smelling
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smellingn.

/ˈsmɛlɪŋ/
Etymology: < smell v.
1.
a. The sense of smell. Cf. smell n. 1.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [noun] > sense of smell
smellingc1175
smellc1200
nosea1375
odoura1450
scent1488
odorate1614
parosmis1817
parosmia1884
osmatism1903
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 75 Hore loking, hore blawing, hore smelling, heore feling wes al iattret.
c1230 Hali Meid. 13 Sihðe & heringe, smecchunge & smeallunge.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. xii. 17 If al the body be heeringe, where is smellinge.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17017 Hering, sight, smelling and fele.
c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 7 Þi heryng, þi seyng,..þi smellyng, here be iij [senses].
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 1444 It was odour wondir swete, Þat þar with his smellyng mete.
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. I.ijv He had a good and a quycke smellyng.
1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 95 Sweet is fresh aire to lost prisoners smelling.
1631 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. (ed. 2) (2nd state) §xciii Smelling is one of the meanest, and least useful of the senses.
1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. III. 101 I have lost as well my smelling, as my taste.
1710 Brit. Apollo 8–11 Sept. He lost his Smelling.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 105 His senses of smelling and hearing are in no less perfection.
b. The act or fact of smelling. Also with out.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [noun] > exercising sense of smell
snevingc1200
odoration?a1425
snokingc1440
smelling1509
smellc1560
vent1575
venting1611
sniff1767
snuff1822
olfaction1833
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xxiv. 109 Whan that the nose therof hath smellinge.
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Odor The smellyng..of a thyng.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Halenement,..a smelling, or searching out.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 66 They cannot ever after come to the Use of their Teeth, or get smelling of a Crust.
1870 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) I. iii. iv. 304 Smelling obviously implies the contact of dispersed particles with a specially-modified part of the organism.
1893 Daily News 20 Sept. 5/4 A smelling-out case by witch doctors.
1899 H. R. Haggard Swallow ix She never took part in the ‘smelling-out’ of human beings for witchcraft.
2. Odour, scent, smell. Obsolete.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [noun]
smacka1000
breathOE
smella1175
irea1300
weffea1300
thefa1325
relesec1330
odour?c1335
incensea1340
flair1340
savoura1350
smellingc1386
flavourc1400
fumec1400
reflairc1400
air?a1439
scent?1473
taste?c1475
verdure1520
senteur1601
waft1611
effluvium1656
fluor1671
burning scent1681
aura1732
fumet1735
snuff1763
olfacient1822
odouret1825
waff1827
gush1841
sniff1844
tang1858
nose1894
c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. (Harl.) 337 Lo, þus by smellyng and by þredbare array If þat men list, þis folk þey knowe may.
a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 2573 Swete is þe smellyng of þe flore.
c1480 J. Watton Speculum Christiani 46 b Ther of come swete smellyng; Sweter felt neuer man here lyuyng.
1483 Cath. Angl. 346/1 A Smellynge, odor.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Senteur, sent, odor, smelling, sauor.

Compounds

attributive.
a. smelling-hair, smelling-organ, etc. (cf. smeller n. 3).
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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
1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden Ep. Ded. sig. B Almost as slender..as a Catts smelling haires.
1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man ii. ix. 328 Thread-like bodies, which are believed to act as smelling-organs.
1872 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 6) ii. 33 The other has antennæ much more abundantly furnished with smelling-hairs.
b.
smelling cheat n. (see quots.). Cant.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > [noun]
leightonc950
orchardOE
garden1279
yard1390
vergera1400
smelling cheat1567
garden ground1577
gardenage1600
smeller1610
viridary1657
viridariumc1660
gardening1682
greenery1783
1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) Peddelars Frenche sig. Giiiv A smelling chet, a garden or orchard.
1610 S. Rid Martin Mark-all sig. Eiv Smellar, a garden; not Smelling cheate, for thats a Nosegay.
smelling-bottle n. a phial or small bottle for containing smelling-salts or perfume ready for use.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > medicine chest, bag, etc. > [noun] > bottle for smelling-salts
smelling-bottle1722
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > perfume making > [noun] > container
musk ball1423
puff1436
casting-glass1544
perfuming pan1558
perfumer1591
pouncet-box1598
perfumier1601
sweet-bag1615
casting-bottle1638
perfuming pota1650
musk bag1687
smelling-bottle1722
scent-bottle1765
scent box1777
vinaigrette1811
scent jar1813
scent bag1816
scent ball1832
pouncet1843
scent casket1845
pot-pourri jar1848
cassolette1851
scent sachet1856
scent spray1858
lavender drawer1863
lavender bag1865
odorator1890
pot-pourri bowl1904
lavender sachet1938
1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 239 In a Word, the whole Church was like a smelling Bottle.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 216 My sister began to..use her smelling-bottle.
1827 W. Scott Surgeon's Daughter in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. II. xvi. 370 When tea had been carried round, handkerchiefs and smelling bottles prepared [etc.].
1842 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 150 He..bought me a very nice smelling-bottle.
1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant III. xii. 285 Ethel's smelling-bottle revived one or two..ladies.
1936 W. Faulkner Absalom, Absalom! vi. 195 Clytie..stood impassive beside the wagon that last day, following the second ceremonial to the grave with the silk cushion and the parasol and the smelling-bottle.
smelling-salts n. a preparation of carbonate of ammonia and scent for smelling, used as a restorative in cases of faintness or headache.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > restoratives for faintness
swooning-water1574
sal volatile1654
melancholy water1670
salt of hartshorn1680
sal1706
salt1740
eau-de-Luce1756
restorative1825
smelling-salts1841
salts-bottle1847
Preston salts1858
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. xlvi. 50 Vinegar, hartshorn, smelling-salts.
1892 L. Clifford Aunt Anne I. 35 She thought he was ill, and..offered him some smelling-salts.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

smellingadj.

/ˈsmɛlɪŋ/
Etymology: < smell v.
1. Giving out a smell or odour. Chiefly with qualifying term (see also sweet-smelling adj.).
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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
a1400 Bk. to Mother (Egerton) in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 40 I lilie of the valeyes, that is most white chast love and moste smelȝene.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 3695 Quen he had felt his smelland clath.., ‘Þis voice,’ he said, ‘þat i here, Is of iacob’.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) ii. 11 Therfore thei made that pece [of the cross]..of Cypres; For it is welle smellynge.
1483 Cath. Angl. 346/1 Smellynge, odorabilis, odorifer.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 324/2 Smellyng, that maye sone be smelled, odoratif.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. ix. 84 b A..viall ful of sweete and smelling water.
1591 J. Florio Second Frutes Ep. Ded. Some..pronosticate of faire, of foule and of smelling weather.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Regnard, a long-tailed, and ranke-smelling fish.
1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) viii. 72 It was not, naturally, a fresh-smelling house.
1888 ‘J. S. Winter’ Bootle's Children x. 76 A particularly nasty smelling ferret.
2. Having the sense of smell, or the faculty of perceiving by smell. rare.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [adjective] > having sense of smell
smelling1598
1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 59 But Grillus subtile-smelling swinish snout Must sent,..and needes will finde it out.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 154 Vnto all these smelling Dogs, I may also adde the water Spagnell.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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