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Ill-scented   /ɪl-sˈɛntɪd/   Listen
Ill-scented

adjective
1.
Offensively malodorous.  Synonyms: fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking.  "The kitchen smelled really funky"






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"Ill-scented" Quotes from Famous Books



... true Oyls, which compound being put into water, will for a time render it white. Another way of sophisticating is with Oyl of Turpentine mixed in great quantity with that which is adulterated; You may easily discover the Oyl of Turpentine, by setting it on fire, for it yields abundance of ill-scented smoak, with very little savour of the Herb, Flour, or Seed, &c. and soon takes fire. To correct the ill smell of the Turpentine, they digest it with, and distil it off with Spirit of Wine. Those sophisticated with Turpentine, fired in a Silver Spoon colour ...
— A Short View of the Frauds and Abuses Committed by Apothecaries • Christopher Merrett



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