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Reek (rēk), n. A rick. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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Reek, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reeked (rēkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Reeking.] [As. rēcan. See Reek vapor.] To emit vapor, usually that which is warm and moist; to be full of fumes; to steam; to smoke; to exhale.
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Few chimneys reeking you shall espy. Spenser.
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I found me laid
In balmy sweat, which with his beams the sun
Soon dried, and on the reeking moisture fed.
Milton.
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The coffee rooms reeked with tobacco. Macaulay.
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