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.
Reef"y (-?), a. Full of reefs or rocks.
Reek (rk), n. A rick. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Reek, n. [AS. rc; akin to OFries. rk, LG. & D. rook, G. rauch, OHG.
rouh, Dan. rög, Sw. rök, Icel. reykr, and to AS. reócan to reek, smoke,
Icel. rjka, G. riechen to smell.] Vapor; steam; smoke; fume.
As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln.
Shak.
Reek, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reeked (rkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Reeking.] [As.
rcan. 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.
Reek"y (-?), a. [From 2d Reek; cf. Reechy.] 1. Soiled with smoke or
steam; smoky; foul. Shak.