Pronunciation : Reek (rek)
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A rick. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Reek
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : Defn: Vapor; steam; smoke; fume. As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln. Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Reek
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [As. r. See Reek vapor..]
Definition : 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.
i. [imp. & p. p. Reeked (rkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Reeking.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913