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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Smell \Smell\ (sm[e^]l), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Smelled}, {Smelt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smelling}.] [OE. smellen, smillen, smullen; cf. LG. smellen, smelen, sm["o]len, schmelen, to smoke, to reek, D. smeulen to smolder, and E. smolder. Cf. {Smell}, noun]
1. To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities; to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell perfumes.
2. To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to scent out; -- often with out. ''I smell a device.'' --Shak.
Can you smell him out by that? --Shak.
3. To give heed to. [Obs.]
From that time forward I began to smellthe Word of God, and forsook the school doctors. --Latimer.
{To smell a rat}, to have a sense of something wrong, not clearly evident; to have reason for suspicion. [Colloq.]
{To smell out}, to find out by sagacity. [Colloq.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Smelt \Smelt\, imp. & p. p. of {Smell}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Smelt \Smelt\, noun [AS. smelt, smylt; akin to Dan. smelt.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small silvery salmonoid fishes of the genus {Osmerus} and allied genera, which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a peculiar odor and taste.
Note: The most important species are the European smelt ({Osmerus eperlans}) (called also {eperlan}, {sparling}, and {spirling}), the Eastern American smelt ({O. mordax}), the California smelt ({O. thalichthys}), and the surf smelt ({Hypomesus olidus}). The name is loosely applied to various other small fishes, as the lant, the California tomcod, the spawn eater, the silverside.
2. Fig.: A gull; a simpleton. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
{Sand smelt} (Zo["o]l.), the silverside.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Smelt \Smelt\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Smelted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smelting}.] [Of foreign origin; cf. Sw. sm["a]lta, D. smelten, Dan. smelte, Icel. smelta, G. schmelzen OHG. smelzan, smelzen; probably akin to Gr. ?????. Cf. {Enamel}, {Melt}, {Mute}, verb (used without an object), {Smalt}.] (Metal.) To melt or fuse, as, ore, for the purpose of separating and refining the metal; hence, to reduce; to refine; to flux or scorify; as, to smelt tin.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
smelt
noun
1: small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water
2: small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters
verb: extract (metals) by heating
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
smell
noun
1: the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses" [syn: {odor}, {odour}, {olfactory sensation}, {olfactory perception}]
2: any property detected by the olfactory system [syn: {olfactory property}, {aroma}, {odor}, {odour}, {scent}]
3: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" [syn: {spirit}, {tone}, {feel}, {feeling}, {flavor}, {flavour}, {look}]
4: the faculty of smell [syn: {sense of smell}, {olfaction}, {olfactory modality}]
5: the act of perceiving the odor of something [syn: {smelling}]
verb
1: inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
2: emit an odor; "The soup smells good"
3: smell bad; "He rarely washes, and he smells" [also: {smelt}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
smelt See {smell}
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "smelt": carve, chisel, colliquate, convert, cultivate, defrost, extract, flux, fuse, grow, harvest, machine, melt, melt down, mill, mine, process, pump, raise, rear, refine, render, run, thaw, unfreeze
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