STEAM, STEAMING
ADJECTIVES
1843 ► REEKY steaming; foggy → Sc. & Eng. dial.
NOUNS
1691 ► REEK steam, fog, mist; a smoke-like vapour → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1859 ► REECH steam; smoke → Eng. dial.
1864 ► OAM → OOM → YOAM steam, vapour; a blast of warm air; a warm aroma → Sc.
1905 ► HAME steam from boiling water; warm vapour as from heated horses, slaked lime, etc. → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1911 ► NIM steam, vapour, warm air → Sc.
VERBS
1740 ► REECH to emit steam or smoke; to smoke → Eng. dial.
1786 ► REEK to steam; to emit vapour; to perspire; to be misty → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1905 ► HAME to steam → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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