4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stench \Stench\, n. [AS. stenc a strong smell, fr stincan See
{Stink}, v. i.]
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stench \Stench\, v. t.
To stanch. [Obs.] --Harvey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stench \Stench\, v. t. [AS. stencan to emit a smell, fr stincan
to smell. See {Stench}, n.]
To cause to emit a disagreeable odor; to cause to stink.
[Obs.] --Young.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
stench
n : a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant [syn: {malodor},
{malodour}, {stink}, {reek}, {fetor}, {foetor}]
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