Hypertext Webster Gateway: "smelt"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Smell \Smell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smelled}, {Smelt}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Smelling}.] [OE. smellen, smillen, smullen; cf. LG.
smellen, smelen, sm["o]len, schmelen, to smoke, to reek, D.
smeulen to smolder, and E. smolder. Cf. {Smell}, n.]
1. To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell;
to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs
when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities;
to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell
perfumes.
2. To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to
scent out; -- often with out. ``I smell a device.''
--Shak.
Can you smell him out by that? --Shak.
3. To give heed to. [Obs.]
From that time forward I began to smellthe Word of
God, and forsook the school doctors. --Latimer.
{To smell a rat}, to have a sense of something wrong, not
clearly evident; to have reason for suspicion. [Colloq.]
{To smell out}, to find out by sagacity. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Smelt \Smelt\, n. [AS. smelt, smylt; akin to Dan. smelt.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
Note: 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.
2. Fig.: A gull; a simpleton. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
{Sand smelt} (Zo["o]l.), the silverside.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Smelt \Smelt\,
imp. & p. p. of {Smell}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Smelt \Smelt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smelted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Smelting}.] [Of foreign origin; cf. Sw. sm["a]lta, D.
smelten, Dan. smelte, Icel. smelta, G. schmelzen OHG.
smelzan, smelzen; probably akin to Gr. ?????. Cf. {Enamel},
{Melt}, {Mute}, v. i., {Smalt}.] (Metal.)
To melt or fuse, as, ore, for the purpose of separating and
refining the metal; hence, to reduce; to refine; to flux or
scorify; as, to smelt tin.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
smelt
n 1: small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and
fresh water
2: small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of
cold northern waters
v : extract (metals) by heating
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