REEKED

Verb

reeked

simple past tense and past participle of reek

Source: Wiktionary


REEK

Reek (rek), n.

Definition: A rick. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

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.]

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

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

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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