Category:Reek

Reek (rek), n.

Defn: a rick. [obs.] B. Jonson.

Reek Reek, n. Etym: [as. r; akin to ofries. r, lg. & d. rook, g. rauch, Ohg. rouh, dan. rr, icel. reykr, and to as. re to reek, smoke, icel. Rj, g. riechen to smell.]

Defn: vapor; steam; smoke; fume. As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln. Shak.

Reek Reek, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reeked (rkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Reeking.] Etym: [as. r. See reek vapor..]

Defn: 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.