SMELL

smell. Smell, v.t. smelled, smelt, pret. and pa. to perceive by means of the nose

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Smell (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smelled (?), Smelt (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Smelling.] [[OE. smellen, smillen, smullen; cf. LG. smellen, smelen, smölen, schmelen, to smoke, to reek, D. smeulen to smolder, and E. smolder. Cf. Smell, n.]] 1. 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. 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. 3. To give heed to.
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. — To smell out, to find out by sagacity.