[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sweat \sweat\, n. cf. oe. swot, as. sw=at. see sweat, v.
   i.
   1. physiol. the fluid which is excreted from the skin of an
      animal; the fluid secreted by the sudoriferous glands; a
      transparent, colorless, acid liquid with a peculiar odor,
      containing some fatty acids and mineral matter;
      perspiration. see perspiration.
      1913 webster

            in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread.
                                                  --gen. iii.
                                                  19.
      1913 webster

   2. the act of sweating; or the state of one who sweats;
      hence, labor; toil; drudgery. --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. moisture issuing from any substance; as, the sweat of hay
      or grain in a mow or stack. --mortimer.
      1913 webster

   4. the sweating sickness. obs. --holinshed.
      1913 webster

   5. man. a short run by a race horse in exercise.
      1913 webster

   sweat box naut., a small closet in which refractory men
      are confined.

   sweat glands anat., sudoriferous glands. see under
      sudoriferous.
see also:
sweat perspiration sweat box sweat glands sudoriferous 

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