Smelling bottle, a small bottle filled with something suited to
stimulate the sense of smell, or to remove faintness, as spirits of
ammonia.
Smell"-less, a. Destitute of smell; having no odor.
Daisies smell-less, yet most quaint.
Beau. & Fl.
Smelt (?), imp. & p. p. of Smell.
Smelt, n. [AS. smelt, smylt; akin to Dan. smelt.] 1. (Zoöl.) Any one of
numerous species of small silvery salmonoid fishes of the genus Osmerus
and allied genera, which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become
landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a peculiar
odor and taste.
The most important species are the European smelt (Osmerus eperlans)
(called also eperlan, sparling, and spirling), the Eastern American
smelt (O. mordax), the California smelt (O. thalichthys), and the surf
smelt (Hypomesus olidus). The name is loosely applied to various other
small fishes, as the lant, the California tomcod, the spawn eater, the
silverside.