STENCH, noun [See Stink.] An ill smell; offensive odor.
STENCH, verb transitive
1. To cause to emit a hateful smell. [Not in use.]
2. To stanch; to stop. [Not in use.]
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.