Meaning of Reek | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A strong unpleasant smell.
   countable, uncountable
2. A pile, a heap (as of snow, hay, etc).
3. A hill; a mountain.
   Ireland
4. Vapour; steam; smoke; fume.
   Scotland, countable, uncountable

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Examples

“Thou mightst as well say⟳, I loue to walke by the Counter-gate, which is as hatefull to me, as the reeke of a Lime-kill.”

“1768, Alexander Ross (poet), "Helenore; or, the fortunate Shepherdess": a Poem in the Broad Scoth Dialect Now, by this time, the sun begins to leam, And lit the hill-heads with his morning beam; And birds, and beasts, and folk to be a-steer, And clouds o’ reek frae lum heads to appear⟳.”

“The blue reeks of smoke⟳ from the cottages gave the whole widespread landscape an air of settled order⟳ and homely comfort.”

“The fen "dikes" have⟳ been filled-in in some districts; and the black reeks remind⟳ one of snow-reeks, except for their blackness.”

“"There'll be snow-reeks as high as houses if I wait⟳ half-an-hour longer." "There'll be no occasion for ye to wade thruff snaw-reeks at all, if ye'll go wi' me. I'll tak ye across th' warpin' till ye get⟳ to the sand-lane end⟳, […]”

“Here a reek of straw was made, and as the reek of corn reduced in size this rose higher; there was skill in making a well balanced reek. The story of the harvest⟳ was told at the front of the thresher.”

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