Hypertext Webster Gateway: "reeking"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
reeking
adj 1: wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or blood
or tears; "wiped his reeking neck" [syn: {dripping}, {watery}]
2: giving off a strong unpleasant smell
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