Defn: Full of reefs or rocks.
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Reek (rek), n.
Defn: A rick. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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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.
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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.
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Reek"y (-), a. Etym: [From 2d Reek; cf. Reechy.]
1. Soiled with smoke or steam; smoky; foul. Shak.
2. Emitting reek. "Reeky fen." Sir W. Scott.