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.
With lavish hand diffuses scents ambrosial.
Prior.
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.
He gained the observations of innumerable ages, and traveled upon
the same scent into Ethiopia.
Sir W. Temple.
3. The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice
scent; to divert the scent. I. Watts.
Scent"ful (?), a. 1. Full of scent or odor; odorous. "A scentful
nosegay." W. Browne.