·noun Vapor; steam; smoke; fume.
II. Reek ·noun A Rick.
III. Reek ·vi To emit vapor, usually that which is warm and moist; to be full of fumes; to Steam; to Smoke; to Exhale.
1) to wear away, to waste ; his sickness reeks him. N. 2) smoke; reeking hot N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose