a-reekadv.
/əˈriːk/ Reeking.
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a-reek1726
perspiringly1853
1726 J. Swift To Earl Peterborow in Wks. (1735) II. 353 A Messenger comes all a-reek, Mordanto at Madrid to seek.
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adv.1726- to make a person's beard without a razor
- to make a person's gree
- to make a person's hackles rise
- to make a person's mouth water
- to make a person's nose swell
- to make a phrase
- to make a pig of oneself
- to make a pig's ear of
- to make a pig's ear out of
- to make a pish at
- to make a pish of
- to make a pitch
- to make a place too hot for
- to make a play
- to make a play for
- to make a point
- to make a point of
- to make a point to
- to make a pool
- to make a poor fist
- to make a poor mouth
- to make a porridge
- to make a porridge of
- to make a pot at
- to make a pounce