STINK

v. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor.

2.
v.

To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.

3.
n.

A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench. Fire stink. See under Fire. -- Stink-fire lance. See under Lance. -- Stink rat (Zoöl.), the musk turtle. [Local, U.S.] -- Stink shad (Zoöl.), the gizzard shad. [Local, U.S.] Stink trap, a stench trap. See under Stench.

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