Smell, n. [OE. smel, smil, smul, smeol. See Smell, v. t.] (Physiol.) 1.
The sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies are perceived
through the instrumentally of the olfactory nerves. See Sense.
2. The quality of any thing or substance, or emanation therefrom, which
affects the olfactory organs; odor; scent; fragrance; perfume; as, the
smell of mint.
Breathing the smell of field and grove.
Milton.
That which, above all others, yields the sweetest smell in the air,
is the violent.
Bacon.
Syn. -- Scent; odor; perfume; fragrance.
Smell"er (?), n. 1. One who smells, or perceives by the sense of smell;
one who gives out smell.