Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SCENT
SCENT, v.t.
- To smell; to perceive by the olfactory organs; as, to scent game, as a hound.
- To perfume; to imbue or fill with odor, good or bad. Aromatic plants scent the room. Some persons scent garments with musk; others scent their snuff.
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