Reek /(rēk)/

1. A rick. [Obs.]

1. Vapor; steam; smoke; fume.

   As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln.

imp. & p. p. Reeked; p. pr. & vb. n. Reeking

1. 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.

   I found me laid In balmy sweat, which with his beams the sun Soon dried, and on the reeking moisture fed.

   The coffee rooms reeked with tobacco.