reek, reke

i. [A. S. récan, redcan; cogn. with Icel. repkja; O. H. Ger. rouchan; Dut. rooken; Dan. röge; Sw. rok a, ryka; Ger. rauchen.] To smoke, to emit vapor, smoke, or steam; to steam. reēk'-ў, *reek-ie, a. [Eng. reek (1), s.; -y, -ie.] 1. Smoky, smoking; emitting vapor. 2. Filthy, dirty, foul, squalid. Auld Reekie : A familiar Scotch name for Edin burgh. reēl (1), *rele, *reele, subst . [A. S. hreol , reol =a reel; cogn. with Icel. hræll , ræll =a weaver's rod or sley; Gael. ruidhil =a reel for winding yarn on.] [ROLL, 8.] 1. A revolving contrivance on which fiber, thread, cord, rope, fabric, , are wound, to form them into hanks or skeins, and for various other purposes; applied to: (1) Agric .: A device having radial arms carrying horizontal slats, and rotated by gear or pulley connected with the axle of a harvester, for pre ing backward and holding the stalks of grain in position for being severed by the knives. (2) Angling : A skeleton barrel attached to the butt of a fishing-rod, around which the inner end of the line is wound, and from which it is nal pull tightens the knot, which can only be untied by pushing the loops in opposite directions.