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- [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.
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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.
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4. the sweating sickness. obs. --holinshed.
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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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