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Meanings of smelt in English

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Usage of smelt in English
1
The flowers smelt sweetly in the dew, and the nightingales were singing.
The Late Miss Hollingford
2
He woke up in the middle of the night an smelt it.
"Same old Bill, eh Mable!"
3
A sniff of panic in any major market is always smelt here.
Radio NZ
4
Cannot be seen, cannot be felt, cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
Wizard and glass
5
A peculiar and not very pleasant smell was smelt in the sea.
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
6
Some smelt the surface of the snow, and others examined the bushes.
Thrilling Adventures by Land and Sea
7
My friends saw no light; they only smelt burning: I was heterodox.
Adela Cathcart, Volume 1
8
The hyena smelt the carrion and licked herself, wearied by the delay.
The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere
9
The air smelt of evergreen and the aromatic smoke of burning resin.
Via Crucis: A Romance of the Second Crusade
10
The air of the room smelt horribly of dirty clothes and drink.
The Thorogood Family
11
She smelt of some drowsy perfume squeezed from the glands of animals.
Venus In Copper
12
Fishing was first invented when Adam smelt that odor in the air.
Mince Pie
13
Old husks still strewed the floor and the place smelt of apples.
Greenmantle
14
He heard the clatter of chairs and smelt the well-known foul air.
Resurrection
15
The flowers lay on her lap; she smelt them, dreamed over them.
The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories
16
The wind had already shifted violently, and now smelt of the sea.
Wessex Tales
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare