smeller

smeller
/smel"euhr/, n.
1. a person who smells.
2. a person who tests by smelling.
3. Informal. the nose.
4. a tactile hair or process, as one of the whiskers of a cat; a feeler.
[1510-20; SMELL + -ER1]

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