Reek (r&emac;k), n.
A rick.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.
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Reek, n. [AS. rc; akin to OFries. rk, LG. & D. rook, G. rauch, OHG. rouh, Dan. rg, Sw. rk, Icel. reykr, and to AS. recan to reek, smoke, Icel. rjka, G. riechen to smell.]
Vapor; steam; smoke; fume.
As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln.
Shak.
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Reek, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reeked (r?kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Reeking.] [As. rcan. See Reek vapor..]
To emit vapor, usually that which is warm and moist; to be full of fumes; to steam; to smoke; to exhale.
Few chimneys reeking you shall espy.
Spenser.
I found me laid
In balmy sweat, which with his beams the sun
Soon dried, and on the reeking moisture fed.
Milton.
The coffee rooms reeked with tobacco.
Macualay.
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