Reeked

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           Few chimneys reeking you shall espy.     --Spenser.
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           I found me laid
           In balmy sweat, which with his beams the sun
           Soon dried, and on the reeking moisture fed. --Milton.
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           The coffee rooms reeked with tobacco.    --Macaulay.
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