Definition of Scenting

1. Verb. (present participle of scent) ¹

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Definition of Scenting

1. scent [v] - See also: scent

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scenting

scenography
scenopoetic
scent
scent-bottle
scent glands
scent hound
scent hounds
scent out
scented
scented fern
scented penstemon
scented wattle
scentful
scenthound
scenthounds
scenting (current term)
scentings
scentless
scentless camomile
scentless false camomile
scentless hayweed
scentless mayweed
scentlessness
scents
scepsis
scepsises
scepter
sceptered
scepterellate
sceptering

Literary usage of Scenting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes of Travel in South-western Africa by Karl Johan Andersson, Charles John Andersson (1875)
"Drawing my host's attention to these objects, and asking for explanation, he quietly remarked, ' they are vultures, evidently scenting some carcass ; let us ..."

2. Notes of Travel in South-western Africa by Charles John Andersson (1882)
"Drawing my host's attention to these objects, and asking for explanation, he quietly remarked, ' they are vultures, evidently scenting some carcass ; let us ..."

3. A Residence Among the Chinese: Inland, on the Coast, and at Sea. Being a by Robert Fortune (1857)
"CHAPTER X. Collections shipped for India — Success attending this year's importations — Visit Canton — Method of scenting teas described — Flowers used in ..."

4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Ephraim Chambers (1870)
"In order now to obtain the perfume of these flowers in the form used for scenting handkerchiefs, we have only to infuse the scented fat or oil, ..."

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