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Webster 1828 Edition

Fragrance

FRA'GRANCE

,'GRANCY,

Noun.

[L. fragrantia, from fragro, to smell strong.]

Sweetness of smell; that quality of bodies which affects the olfactory nerves with an agreeable sensation; pleasing scent; grateful odor.

Eve separate he spies, vailed in a cloud of fragrance -

The goblet crown'd, breathed aromatic fragrances around.