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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Reek  \Reek\  (r[=e]k),  n. 
  A  rick.  [Obs.]  --B.  Jonson 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  reek 
  n  :  a  distinctive  odor  that  is  offensively  unpleasant  [syn:  {malodor}, 
  {malodour},  {stench},  {stink},  {fetor},  {foetor}] 
  v  1:  have  an  element  suggestive  (of  something);  "his  speeches 
  smacked  of  racism"  [syn:  {smack}] 
  2:  smell  to  heaven  [syn:  {stink}] 
  3:  be  wet  with  sweat  or  blood,  as  of  one's  face  [syn:  {fume}] 
  4:  give  off  smoke,  fumes,  warm  vapour,  steam,  etc.;  "Marshes 
  reeking  in  the  sun"




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