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reeked |
1 definition found 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.
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