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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information)
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smell pt., pp.
smelled,
smelt A. perceive by the sense of which the nose is the organ;
B. have an odour. XII. ME.
smelle, also
smülle,
smille, pointing to OE. *
smiellan, *
smyllan, of which no cogns. are known.
Hence sb. XII; superseding
stink and
stench in the neutral application of sense B.
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The smell of tornadoes.
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Smell the internet
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Smell, Taste Could Be Web Features
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Smell is key to woman's libido.
News Wire article from: United Press International; 10/25/2001; 700+ words
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The smell test
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smell
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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Smell
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
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Taste and Smell
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Smell, Sense of
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
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taste and smell
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