nīdor (noun M) : cf. Gr. κνίσσα for κνιδια
* A vapor, steam, smell, from any thing boiled, roasted, burned, etc.: nidoris odores, Lucr 6, 987: galbaneus,Verg. G. 3, 415: pinguescant madidi laeto nidore Penates,Mart. 7, 27, 5; Plin. 24, 15, 85, § 135: nocturnumque recens exstinctum lumen ubi acri Nidore offendit nares,Lucr. 6, 792: ganearum nidor atque fumus,Cic. Pis. 6, 13: foedus quidam nidor ex adustā plumā,Liv. 38, 7; Plin. 13, 1, 1, § 2: captus nidore culinae,Juv. 5, 162: nidor e culinā, said of a slave who hangs constantly about the kitchen,a fume of the kitchen, kitchen-companion,Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 5.