Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Scenting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scent \Scent\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scented}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Scenting}.] [Originally sent, fr. F. sentir to feel, to
smell. See {Sense}.]
1. To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to
scent game, as a hound does.
Methinks I scent the morning air. --Shak.
2. To imbue or fill with odor; to perfume.
Balm from a silver box distilled around, Shall all
bedew the roots, and scent the sacred ground.
--Dryden.
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