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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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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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