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(rk), n.A rick. [Obs.] B. Jonson. Reek n.[AS. rc; akin to OFries. rk, LG. & D. rook, G. rauch, OHG. rouh, Dan. rg, Sw. rk, Icel. reykr, and to AS. recan to reek, smoke, Icel. rjka, G. riechen to smell.] 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.] [As. rcan. See Reek vapor.] 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. Macaulay. スポンサード リンク
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