Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Reek \Reek\ (r[=e]k), n.
   A rick. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

Reek \Reek\, n. [AS. r[emc]c; akin to OFries. r[=e]k, LG. & D.
   rook, G. rauch, OHG. rouh, Dan. r["o]g, Sw. r["o]k, Icel.
   reykr, and to AS. re['o]can to reek, smoke, Icel. rj[=u]ka,
   G. riechen to smell.]
   Vapor; steam; smoke; fume.

         As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln. --Shak.

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.

Source : WordNet®

reek
     n : a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant [syn: {malodor},
          {malodour}, {stench}, {stink}, {fetor}, {foetor}, {mephitis}]
     v 1: have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches
          smacked of racism" [syn: {smack}]
     2: smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke"
        [syn: {stink}]
     3: be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face [syn: {fume}]
     4: give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.; "Marshes
        reeking in the sun"