a-reekadv.
/əˈriːk/ Reeking.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretion of sweat > [adverb]
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 slap on the back
- to slap someone on the back
- to slap wrist
- to slave one's eyeballs out
- to slay care
- to slay downright
- to slay downrights
- to slay outright
- to slay to death
- to slay up or down
- to sleek up
- to sleep a dog-sleep
- to sleep a dogsleep
- to sleep a or one wink
- to sleep a wink
- to sleep formerly also lie rough
- to sleep formerly also live rough
- to sleep in a whole skin
- to sleep in both ears
- to sleep like a top
- to sleep like as as fast as a top
- to sleep like as sound a top
- to sleep on both ears
- to sleep rough
- to sleep soft