Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. the nose.

c.1566		Harman Caveat for Common Cursetours in Viles & Furnivall (1907) 82: smelling chete a nose.
1592		Groundworke of Conny-catching A2: [as cit. c.1566].
1608		Dekker Lanthorne and Candle-Light Ch. 1: A Smelling chete, signifies a Nose.
1637		Dekker Canters Dict. Eng. Villainies (8th edn).
1648		Dekker Canters Dict. Eng. Villainies (9th edn).
1688		see sense 2.

2. a garden, an orchard.

c.1566		Harman Caveat for Common Cursetours in Viles & Furnivall (1907) 84: a smellinge chete a garden or orchard.
1592		Groundworke of Conny-catching [as cit. c.1566].
1608		Dekker Lanthorne and Candle-Light Ch. 1: The Canters Dictionary Smelling chete, an Orchard or Garden.
1637		Dekker Canters Dict. Eng. Villainies (8th edn).
1648		Dekker Canters Dict. Eng. Villainies (9th edn).
1665		Head Eng. Rogue I 52: Smellling cheat, A Garden.
1674		Head Canting Academy (2nd edn).
1688		R. Holme Academy of Armory Ch. iii item 68c: Canting Terms used by Beggars, Vagabonds, Cheaters, Cripples and Bedlams. [...] Smelling Cheat, an Orchard, or a Garden, a Nose.
1688		J. Shirley Triumph of Wit 215: Garden or Nose-gay Smelling cheat.
c.1698		B.E. Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Smelling-cheat [...] an Orchard or Garden.
1707		J. Shirley Triumph of Wit.
1725		New Canting Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
1737, 1759, 1760, 1776		Bailey Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
c.1750–1882		B.M. Carew Life and Adventures.
1754		see sense 3.
1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.

3. a nosegay, a posy; a bouquet.

1610		Rowlands Martin Mark-all 41: Smelling cheate, for thats a nosegay.
1674		Head Canting Academy (2nd edn).
c.1698		B.E. Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Smelling-cheat c. a Nose-gay.
1725		New Canting Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
1737, 1759, 1760, 1776		Bailey Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
1741		Canting Academy, or the Pedlar’s-French Dict. 116: A Nose-gay A smelling Cheat.
c.1750–1882		B.M. Carew Life and Adventures.
1754		Scoundrel’s Dict. 17: Garden or Nosegay – Smelling cheat.
1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1809		G. Andrewes Dict. Sl. and Cant.
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1859		Matsell Vocabulum.
1895		Crowe Aus. Sl. Dict. 76: Smelling Cheat, a bouquet.