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Reek
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A rick. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
Vapor; steam; smoke; fume. As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln. Shak.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.