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    n 1: a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant [syn:
         malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor,
         foetor, mephitis]
    v 1: have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches
         smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism"
         [syn: smack, reek, smell]
    2: smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke"
       [syn: reek, stink]
    3: be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face [syn: reek,
       fume]
    4: give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.; "Marshes
       reeking in the sun"

Reek \Reek\ (r[=e]k), n.
   A rick. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Reek \Reek\, n. [AS. r[=e]c; akin to OFries. r[=e]k, LG. & D.
   rook, G. rauch, OHG. rouh, Dan. r["o]g, Sw. r["o]k, Icel.
   reykr, and to AS. re['o]can to reek, smoke, Icel. rj[=u]ka,
   G. riechen to smell.]
   Vapor; steam; smoke; fume.
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         As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln. --Shak.
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Reek \Reek\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reeked (r[=e]kt); p. pr. &
   vb. n. Reeking.] [As. r[=e]can. See Reek vapor.]
   To emit vapor, usually that which is warm and moist; to be
   full of fumes; to steam; to smoke; to exhale.
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         Few chimneys reeking you shall espy.     --Spenser.
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         I found me laid
         In balmy sweat, which with his beams the sun
         Soon dried, and on the reeking moisture fed. --Milton.
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         The coffee rooms reeked with tobacco.    --Macaulay.
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