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  1. 1. n. A rick. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Vapor; steam; smoke; fume. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. i. To emit vapor, usually that which is warm and moist; to be full of fumes; to steam; to smoke; to exhale. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant Source: wordnet
  5. 5. v. have an element suggestive (of something) Source: wordnet
  6. 6. v. smell badly and offensively Source: wordnet
  7. 7. v. be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face Source: wordnet
  8. 8. v. give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc. Source: wordnet
  9. 9. A rick. [Obs.] B. Jonson. Vapor; steam; smoke; fume. As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln. Shak. 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. Source: webster
  10. 10. A rick. [Obs.] B. Jonson. Source: adambom
  11. 11. n:21/v:79 v. smell badly and offensively v. be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face v. give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc. Source: ecdict

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