The Only Use of
olfactory
in
Fahrenheit 451
- At night when things got dull, which was every night, the men slid down the brass poles, and set the ticking combinations of the olfactory system of the Hound and let loose rats in the firehouse area-way, and sometimes chickens, and sometimes cats that would have to be drowned anyway, and there would be betting to see which the Hound would seize first.
p. 22.6olfactory = smelling
Definition:
relating to the sense of smell