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To carry, as a firearm, with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle. 4. To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay flat. Longfellow. I presently perceived

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To carry, as a firearm, with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle. 4. To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay flat. Longfellow. I presently perceived she was trailing Mrs. Dent; that is, playing on her ignorance. C. Bronte. (more info) scent, also, to hunt or pursue him with a limehound, F. trailler to trail a fishing line; probably from a derivative of L. trahere to draw; cf. L. traha a drag, sledge, tragula a kind of drag net, a small sledge, Sp. trailla a leash, an instrument for leveling the ground, D. treilen to draw with a rope, to tow, treil a rope for 1. To hunt by the track; to track. Halliwell. 2. To draw or drag, as along the ground. And hung his head, and trailed his legs along. Dryden. They shall not trail me through their streets Like a wild beast. Milton. Long behind he trails his pompous robe. Pope.

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  • SCENTFUL
    1. Full of scent or odor; odorous. "A scentful nosegay." W. Browne. 2. Of quick or keen smell. The scentful osprey by the rock had fished. W. Browne.
  • SUPPRESSOR
    One who suppresses.
  • PERFUME
    1. The scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet- smelling substance; a pleasant odor; fragrance; aroma. No rich perfumes refresh the fruitful field. Pope. 2. A substance that emits an agreeable odor. And thou shalt make
  • SMELLING
    1. The act of one who smells. 2. 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.
  • NIDOROSE
    Nidorous. Arbuthnot.
  • TOKENLESS
    Without a token.
  • PERFUMER
    1. One who, oe that which, perfumes. 2. One whose trade is to make or sell perfumes.
  • SCENT
    1. That which, issuing from a body, affects the olfactory organs of animals; odor; smell; as, the scent of an orange, or of a rose; the scent of musk. With lavish hand diffuses scents ambrosial. prior. 2. Specifically, the odor left by an animal
  • TRAIL
    1. To be drawn out in length; to follow after. When his brother saw the red blood trail. Spenser. 2. To grow to great length, especially when slender and creeping upon the ground, as a plant; to run or climb.
  • RECORDATION
    Remembrance; recollection; also, a record. Shak.
  • TRAILER
    One who, or that which, trails.
  • SCENTINGLY
    By scent. Fuller.
  • TRACEABLE
    Capable of being traced. -- Trace"a*ble*ness, n. -- Trace"a/bly, adv.
  • TOKEN
    A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed to indicate, the approach of death. Like the fearful tokens of the plague, Are mere forerunners of their ends. Beau. & Fl. (more info) OS. tekan, D. teeken, G. zeichen, OHG. Zeihhan, Icel. takan,
  • RECORDER
    A kind of wind instrument resembling the flageolet. "Flutes and soft recorders." Milton. (more info) 1. One who records; specifically, a person whose official duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions. 2. The title of the
  • SUPPRESSION
    Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion; as, suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, which signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without expulsion. Quain. (more info) 1. The act of suppressing,
  • PERFUMERY
    The art of preparing perfumes. (more info) 1. Perfumes, in general. 2. Etym:
  • FRAGRANCE; FRAGRANCY
    The quality of being fragrant; sweetness of smell; a sweet smell; a pleasing odor; perfume. Eve separate he spies, Veiled in a cloud of fragrance. Milton. The goblet crowned, Breathed aromatic fragrancies around. Pope.
  • RECORDERSHIP
    The office of a recorder.
  • REDOLENCE; REDOLENCY
    The quality of being redolent; sweetness of scent; pleasant odor; fragrance.
  • FLORESCENT
    Expanding into flowers; blossoming. (more info) blossom, incho. fr. florere to blossom, fr. flos, floris, flower. See
  • INTUMESCENT
    Swelling up; expanding.
  • BETOKEN
    1. To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens. A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow . . . Betokening peace from God, and covenant new. Milton. 2. To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that which is seen
  • REVALESCENT
    Growing well; recovering strength. (more info) revalescere; pref. re- re- + valescere, v. incho. fr. valere to be
  • COINDICATION
    One of several signs or sumptoms indicating the same fact; as, a coindication of disease.
  • ADOLESCENT
    Growing; advancing from childhood to maturity. Schools, unless discipline were doubly strong, Detain their adolescent charge too long. Cowper. (more info) up to; ad + the inchoative olescere to grow: cf. F. adolescent. See
  • CONCUPISCENTIOUS
    Concupiscent.
  • LADY'S TRACES; LADIES' TRESSES; LADIES TRESSES
    A name given to several species of the orchidaceous genus Spiranthes, in which the white flowers are set in spirals about a slender axis and remotely resemble braided hair.
  • LAPIDESCENT
    Undergoing the process of becoming stone; having the capacity of being converted into stone; having the quality of petrifying bodies.
  • CONVALESCENTLY
    In the manner of a convalescent; with increasing strength or vigor.
  • DELITESCENT
    Lying hid; concealed.
  • DEPASCENT
    Feeding.
  • INEFFERVESCENT
    Not effervescing, or not susceptible of effervescence; quiescent.
  • SUPERCRESCENT
    Growing on some other growing thing. Johnson.
  • ASCENT
    1. The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth. To him with swift ascent he up returned. Milton. 2. The way or means by which one ascends. 3. An eminence, hill, or
  • RUFESCENT
    Reddish; tinged with red.
  • COGNOSCENTE
    A conoisseur. Mason.
  • CRESCENT
    The emblem of the increasing moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; -- often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants. (more info) sense 1), OF. creissant increasing, F. croissant, p. pr.

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