reekedadj.
/riːkt/, U.S. /rikt/, Scottish English /ˈrikt/, /ˈrikɪd/ Chiefly Scottish. Now rare.
1. gen. Exposed to smoke; blackened with smoke; sooty.
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reeked1597
smoked1603
fumed1612
bloated1648
smoke-dried1653
struck1895
1597 in D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1844) V. 665 Lett them that have the wyte of this geare in this land see manie rousted sword and reeked axe.
1786 R. Burns Poems 60 Wi' reeket duds, an' reestet gizz.
1792 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 645 A reekit, wee devil looks over the wa'.
1837 J. Leslie Willie & Meggie 46 A caul' dry sermon aff o' an aul' reekit paper.
1897 A. Reid Bards of Angus & Mearns 497 A muckle paw, black grim, an' reekit.
1919 G. Rae Clyde & Tweed 75 A reekit can, wi' a weel-bashed rim.
2000 M. Fitt But n Ben A-go-go ii. 4 The langer he gowked at the recumbent figure ahint the reekit gless panel, the mair he felt the Klog cauldness tichten roon his hert.
2. Of food: dried, flavoured, cured, or preserved by smoking; smoked.
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Soré, reeked, made red or sorrell, as a Herring by the smoake.
1662 in C. S. Romanes Sel. Rec. Regality of Melrose (1915) II. 16 Salmond and reiked fishe.
1832 J. Cole Scarborough Guide 109 A delicious relish for the breakfast table,..called Reek'd Haddocks.
1882 ‘S. Tytler’ Sc. Marriages II. vi Specimens of fish in their ‘saut’, ‘reekit’, or ‘spelded’ conditions.
1904 Dennison's Orcadian Sketches (new ed.) 14 A' the reekid geese, white puddin's, reekid beef, an' butter.
1992 Independent (Nexis) 18 Jan. 34 Back home at Gleneagles, that international icon of Scottish hospitality, the menu starts with ‘Reekit salmon wi' broon breed’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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