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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

Stench \Stench\, verb (used with an object) [AS. stencan to emit a smell, fr. stincan to smell. See {Stench}, noun] To cause to emit a disagreeable odor; to cause to stink. [Obs.] --Young.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

Stench \Stench\, verb (used with an object) To stanch. [Obs.] --Harvey.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

Stench \Stench\, noun [AS. stenc a strong smell, fr. stincan. See {Stink}, verb (used without an object)]

1. A smell; an odor. [Obs.]

Clouds of savory stench involve the sky. --Dryden.

2. An ill smell; an offensive odor; a stink. --Cowper.

{Stench trap}, a contrivance to prevent stench or foul air from rising from the openings of sewers, drains, etc.

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

stench

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1: a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant [syn: {malodor}, {malodour}, {stench}, {stink}, {reek}, {fetor}, {foetor}, {mephitis}]

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