What does "reek" mean?

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

Additional senses

  1. 2.Vapor; steam; smoke; fume. As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln. Shak.
  2. 3.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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