Chapter Reducement to Reeky of R by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

2. A close-fitting lacket or short coat of thick cloth.

Reefing
(Reef"ing), n. (Naut.) The process of taking in a reef.

Reefing bowsprit, a bowsprit so rigged that it can easily be run in or shortened by sliding inboard, as in cutters.

Reefy
(Reef"y) a. Full of reefs or rocks.

Reek
(Reek) n. A rick. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Reek
(Reek), n. [AS. r&emcc; akin to OFries. rek, LG. & D. rook, G. rauch, OHG. rouh, Dan. rög, Sw. rök, Icel. reykr, and to AS. reócan to reek, smoke, Icel. rjuka, 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 (rekt); p. pr. & vb. n. Reeking.] [As. recan. 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.

Reeky
(Reek"y) a. [From 2d Reek; cf. Reechy.]

1. Soiled with smoke or steam; smoky; foul. Shak.

2. Emitting reek. "Reeky fen." Sir W. Scott.