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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REE'KING, ppr. Steaming; emitting vapor.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears; "wiped his reeking neck" [syn: reeking, watery]
2: giving off a strong unpleasant smell

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Smoking, steaming.

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