The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish politics, news, history, stories and intelligent analysis from Scotland Useful Scots Words: Reek
Reek is one of those words that exist in both Scots and English but with some variation in meaning. The word can act as both a noun and a verb, the noun being derived from Old English rec, smoke and the verb from Old English reocan, to emit smoke. Reek has connections with German Rauch,