Stench

(66), n. [A-S. stenc, stanc. See infra.] An ill smell; offensive odor; stink.

v. t. [A-S. stencan, to emit a smell, from stincan, to stink. See supra.] To cause to emit a disagreeable odor; to cause to stink. [Obs.]

To stanch; to stop. [Obs.] Harvey.