See Also: Smell(medicine)
smell(1)(dictionary)
smell(2)(dictionary)
nerve of smell(medicine)
organ of smell(medicine)
smell-brain(medicine)
smell-feast(dictionary)
smell 1, noun(dictionary)
smell 2, verb(dictionary)

mandritta (iou) and smell(1) (iou)


mandritta (iou)



mandritta noun.L16-M19.
[Italian mandritto from mandritta right hand.]
Fencing. A cut from right to left.

smell(1) (iou)



smell noun. ME.
[from the verb.]
1. The property of things by which they are perceptible by the sensation they produce in the nose; an odour, a scent; a stench. ME.
I. Fleming Lorrydrivers brought in a smell of sweat and petrol. Which? An in-house bakery wafts..irresistible fresh bread smells around.
2. The faculty of perceiving things by this property. Now chiefly in sense of smell. ME.
3. A trace or suggestion of something; the quality by which something is sensed or suspected. Also, the special or subtle character of an object, event, etc. L15.
J. Conrad There is a smell of treachery about this. New Yorker These endeavours do not have the smell of Success about them.
4. An act of inhaling to detect an odour or scent; a sniff. M16.
smell-less [-l-l-] adjective (a) giving out no smell, scentless; (b) having no sense of smell: E17.