Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Reek

/(rēk)/ · IPA /riːk/

01 n. A rick.

1.
A rick.[Obs.]

02 n. Vapor; steam; smoke; fume.

1.
Vapor; steam; smoke; fume.
“As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln.” — Shak.

03 v. i. To emit vapor, usually that which is warm and moist; to be full of fumes; to steam; to smoke; to exhale.

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.” — 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.