smelite

[Gr. smēlē =soap, grease; suff. -ite ( Min. ).] Min.: The same as KAOLIN (q. v.). směll, *smelle, v . t . & i. [Allied to Dut. smeulen =to smolder; Low Ger. smelen . The more original form is A. S. smoran , smorian =to suffocate.] A. Transitive : IMG:content-1625.png:[blocks in formation] "There saw I eke the fresh hauthorne In white motley, that so swote doth smell." Lydgate: Complaint of Black Knight. 2. To have or give out a particular odor, perfume or scent. (Followed by of .) "Honey in Spain smelleth apparently of the rosemary or orange, from whence the bee gather eth it." -Bacon . 3. To practice smelling; to exercise the sense of smell. "Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto shall be cut off." - Exodus xxx. 38. *II. Fig .: To have a particular tincture of smack; to smack. "Thy counsel smells of no cowardice." Shakesp.: Titus Andronicus , ii. 1. (1) To smell a rat : [RAT, 8..] *(2) To smell out : To find out by sagacity. směll, *smel, *smelle, *smul, 8. [SMELL, v.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. In the same sense as II. "Hidden wayes, that scarse an hound by smell Can follow out." Spenser. F. Q., V. ix. 6. 2. The quality of a thing or substance, or emanation therefrom, which affects the olfactory nerves; scent, odor, perfume. "All the smell of plants, and of other bodies, is caused by these volatile parts."-Reid On the Human Mind, ch. ii., § 1. 2. To utter base coin. ( Slang .) smell- smock millionth part of hydrogen sulphide, having a distinct odor, and a minute portion of musk will continue, without appreciable lo of weight, to render its presence perceptible in a large room for years. These particles must be conducted to the nostrils by the air, or no impre ion will be perceived. The organ of smell is situated in the upper part of the nose, a portion of the mucous membrane covering the upper and middle turbinals and the septum nas i being specially modified for this purpose. [ANOSMIA.] Smell exists in all the higher animals. Darwin ( Descent of Man , pt. i., ch. i.) says that it is of supreme importance to the Ruminants in warning them of danger, to the Carnivora for finding their prey, and to others again, as the wild boar, for both purposes combined. Mr. S. P. Woodward finds it present in the Cephalopods and Gasteropods. smell-smock, s.