To
cause to excrete moisture from the skin; to cause to perspire; as, his
physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful
sudorifics.
To emit or suffer to flow from the pores;
to exude.
To unite by heating, after the application
of soldier.
To get something advantageous, as money,
property, or labor from (any one), by exaction or oppression; as, to
sweat a spendthrift; to sweat laborers.
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| Sweat (sweat) |
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| Sweat |
[Cf. OE. swot, AS.
sw t. See Sweat, v. i.] |
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.
The act of sweating; or the state of one
who sweats; hence, labor; toil; drudgery.
Moisture issuing from any substance; as,
the sweat of hay or grain in a mow or stack.
The sweating sickness.
A short run by a race horse
in exercise.
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