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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 306 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SCENT , an odour or See also:

smell, particularly a fragrant liquid distilled from See also:flowers, &c., used as a perfume (see See also:PERFUMERY). The word should be properly spelled " sent," and is derived from the See also:Mid. Eng. verb senten, to scent, to perceive by the sense of smell, Fr. sentir, See also:Lat. sentire, perceive by the senses. The intrusive c appears in the syth See also:century, and is paralleled by the same in " See also:scythe " for sythe. For the See also:physical causes of the sensation caused by a scent see SMELL, and for the See also:anatomy of the See also:organs concerned see OLFACTORY See also:SYSTEM.

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