n. A rick. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
Few chimneys reeking you shall espy. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
I found me laid
In balmy sweat, which with his beams the sun
Soon dried, and on the reeking moisture fed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
The coffee rooms reeked with tobacco. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ From 2d Reek; cf. Reechy. ]