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A feast at which the guests are supposed to feed upon the odors only of the viands.

Destitute of smell; having no odor. Daisies smell-less, yet most quaint. Beau & Fl.

The sense by which odors are perceived; the sense of smell. Locke. Smelling bottle, a small bottle filled with something suited to stimulate the sense of smell, or to remove faintness, as spirits of ammonia.

and sometimes become landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a peculiar odor and taste.

A yellow-flowered composite plant (Helenium autumnale) the odor of which is said to cause sneezing.

tisus scoparius, formerly Spartium scoparium), as a colorless oily liquid of aniline-like odor and very bitter taste.

To fill or impregnate with the odor of spices. In the spiced Indian air, by night. Shak.

An American shrub (Lindera Benzoin), the bark of which has a spicy taste and odor; -- called also Benjamin, wild allspice, and fever bush.

especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty. Gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils. Milton.

application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer.

To diffuse, as emanations or effluvia; to emit; as, odoriferous plants spread their fragrance.

aves, frequently covered with dark tubercles giving them a very grotesque appearance. The odor of the blossoms is like that of carrion.

A smell; an odor. [Obs.] Clouds of savory stench involve the sky. Dryden.

rless gas produced by the action of nascent hydrogen on antimony. It has a characteristic odor and burns with a characteristic greenish flame. Formerly called also antimoniureted hydrogen.

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

The teledu of the East Indies. It emits a disagreeable odor.

A composition of substances which in combustion emit a suffocating odor; -- used formerly in naval warfare.

pecies of large antarctic petrels which feed on blubber and carrion and have an offensive odor, as the giant fulmar.

A kind of fungus of the genus Phallus, which emits a fetid odor.

One of the varieties of calcite, barite, and feldspar, which emit a fetid odor on being struck; -- called also swinestone.