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Definition of Reeked
1. reek [v] - See also: reek
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reeked
Literary usage of Reeked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bibliotheca Classica, Or A Dictionary of All the Principal Names and Terms by John Lemprière, John David Ogilby (1839)
"Thisbe, when her feam were vanished, returned from the cave, and at the sight of
the dying Pyramus, she fell upon tr.e sword which still reeked with his ..."
2. Bibliotheca Classica: Or, A Dictionary of All the Principal Names and Terms by John Lemprière, Lorenzo L. Da Ponte, John David Ogilby (1866)
"Thisbe, when her fear; n? vanished, returned from the cave, tod ttj sight of ihe
dying Pyramus, she fell up:tc sword which still reeked ..."
3. The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History by John Lothrop Motley (1879)
"... were cultivated at the institution. There was, besides, a high school for
under graduates, divided into four classes. The place reeked with pedantry, ..."
4. The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History by John Lothrop Motley (1871)
"The place reeked with pedantry, and the character of the university naturally
diffused itself through other scholastic establishments. ..."
5. Bibliotheca Classica, Or, a Dictionary of All the Principal Names and Terms by John Lemprière, Lorenzo L. Da Ponte, John David Ogilby (1838)
"Thisbe, when her fears VCK vanished, returned from the care, and « uf sight of
the dying Pyramus, she fell upon LÍ sword which still reeked with his blood. ..."
6. Fenland Notes & Queries by Walter Debenham Sweeting (1897)
"SMOKE-reeked.—Smelling of smoke. At the time when turf fires were common in the
Fens, and when food had been smoked in cooking, it was said to be ..."
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