SMELL (2)

smell (2). Smell, n. the power or act of smelling, scent, odor

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Smell, v. i. 1. 1. To affect the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or scent; — often followed by of; as, to smell of smoke, or of musk.
2. 2. To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savor; as, a report smells of calumny.
Praises in an enemy are superfluous, or smell of craft. Milton. 3. 3. To exercise the sense of smell. Ex. xxx. 38.
4. 4. To exercise sagacity. Shak.