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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Reek, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reeked p. pr. & vb. n. Reeking.]  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) 2.0

 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