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   Reek (rēk), n. A rick. [Obs.]  B. Jonson.
   
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   Reek, n. [AS. rēc; akin to OFries. rēk, LG. & D. rook, G. rauch, OHG. rouh, Dan. rög, Sw. rök, Icel. reykr, and to AS. reócan to reek, smoke, Icel. rjūka, G. riechen to smell.] Vapor; steam; smoke; fume.
   
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   As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln. Shak.
   
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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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