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  • 11scent — I. noun Etymology: Middle English sent, from Anglo French sente, from sentir Date: 14th century 1. effluvia from a substance that affect the sense of smell: as a. an odor left by an animal on a surface passed over b. a characteristic or… …

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  • 12scent — [14] Scent comes ultimately from the same source that gave English sensation, sense, sentient, and sentiment – namely, Latin sentīre ‘feel, perceive’. It arrived via Old French sentir, and at first was sent in English (‘Fishes lurking among the… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 13scent — [14] Scent comes ultimately from the same source that gave English sensation, sense, sentient, and sentiment – namely, Latin sentīre ‘feel, perceive’. It arrived via Old French sentir, and at first was sent in English (‘Fishes lurking among the… …

    Word origins

  • 14have the wind of — phrasal 1. : to be on the side from which the wind is blowing with respect to : be to windward of 2. : to be on the scent of 3. : to have a superior position to : have at a disadvantage * * * have the wind of To be on the trail of • • • Main… …

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  • 15have — verb Have is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑hotel, ↑library, ↑mixture, ↑patient, ↑room, ↑sentence, ↑tape, ↑word Have is used with these nouns as the object: ↑A level, ↑ability, ↑ …

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  • 16have the wind of — phrasal 1. to be to windward of 2. to be on the scent of 3. to have a superior position to …

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  • 17have in the wind — phrasal : to be on the scent of …

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  • 18Digital scent technology — is a technology to sense, transmit and receive scent enable digital media (such as video games, movies and music). This technology is based and works by combining olfactometer and electronic nose. History By the end of the 1950 s a Hans Laube… …

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  • 19A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain — infobox Book | name = A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = Robert Olen Butler illustrator = cover artist = Jacket illustration by Neil Flewellen Jacket design by Carin… …

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  • 20The Scent of Green Papaya — Directed by Tran Anh Hung Produced by Christophe Rossignon Written by …

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