Reek \Reek\, n. [AS. r[emc]c; akin to OFries. r[=e]k, LG. & D.
rook, G. rauch, OHG. rouh, Dan. r["o]g, Sw. r["o]k, Icel.
reykr, and to AS. re['o]can to reek, smoke, Icel. rj[=u]ka,
G. riechen to smell.]
Vapor; steam; smoke; fume.
As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln. --Shak.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Reek \Reek\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reeked (r[=e]kt); p. pr. &
vb. n. Reeking.]
[As. r[=e]can. 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. --Macaulay.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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