keen-scented

An oily appearance on the surface of the sea shows its course, and if the wind sits in the right quarter the keen-scented black detects its presence when the animal has risen to breathe at a point invisible to him.

The Confessions of a Beachcomber 2003

Therefore all animals whose nostrils are long, as the Laconian hounds, are keen-scented, for the sense-organ being above them, the movements from a distance are not dissipated but go straight to the mark, just as the movements which cause sight do with those who shadow the eyes with the hand.

On the Generation of Animals 2002

I did so, but the sniffing and snorting of the keen-scented

Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools Emilie Kip Baker

I have heard say, that mariners, returning home from India, may smell, for many leagues off the Island of Madagascar, the sweet odour of countless spices; but I must do this fox the fairness to state, that if he were exiled to the Island of Madagascar, those latitudes would soon excite in the minds of all keen-scented sailors the idea of an interesting expedition to discover the variation of smell.

A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition William A. Ross

The keen-scented savage detects that something in us, and we

Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America G. Whitfield Ray

And as when amid the folds grey wolves rush down on a winter's day and scare countless sheep, unmarked by the keen-scented dogs and the shepherds too, and they seek what first to attack and carry off; often glaring around, but the sheep are just huddled together and trample on one another; so the heroes grievously scared the arrogant Bebrycians.

The Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius

And as when amid the folds grey wolves rush down on a winter's day and scare countless sheep, unmarked by the keen-scented dogs and the shepherds too, and they seek what first to attack and carry off, often glaring around, but the sheep are just huddled together and trample on one another; so the heroes grievously scared the arrogant Bebrycians.

The Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius

I recall a woman, earnest, winsome when she chooses to be, an intelligent Bible student, keen-scented for error, a generous giver, but what a sharp edge her tongue has.

Quiet Talks on Power S.D. Gordon

However the holy may be horrified -- however the princely speculator may turn up his keen-scented nose, I here record that, during the four years of dark and bloody war -- of pinching want and bitter trial, there was no more generous, free-hearted and delicate aid given to the suffering soldier-boy, than came from the hand of the Baltimore faro-banker.

Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death T. C. DeLeon

But no nose in the party was keen-scented enough to detect it except Ted's.

Ted Strong in Montana With Lariat and Spur Edward C. Taylor