English Dictionary: sweating | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sweat \Sweat\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sweat} or {Sweated} (Obs. {Swat}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sweating}.] [OE. sweten, AS. sw[91]tan, fr. sw[be]t, n., sweat; akin to OFries. & OS. sw[c7]t, D. zweet, OHG. sweiz, G. schweiss, Icel. sviti, sveiti, Sw. svett, Dan. sved, L. sudor sweat, sudare to sweat, Gr. [?], [?], sweat, [?] to sweat, Skr. sv[c7]da sweat, svid to sweat. [fb]178. Cf. {Exude}, {Sudary}, {Sudorific}.] 1. To excrete sensible moisture from the pores of the skin; to perspire. --Shak. 2. Fig.: To perspire in toil; to work hard; to drudge. He 'd have the poets sweat. --Waller. 3. To emit moisture, as green plants in a heap. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sweating \Sweat"ing\, a. & n. from {Sweat}, v. {Sweating bath}, a bath producing sensible sweat; a stove or sudatory. {Sweating house}, a house for sweating persons in sickness. {Sweating iron}, a kind of knife, or a piece of iron, used to scrape off sweat, especially from horses; a horse scraper. {Sweating room}. (a) A room for sweating persons. (b) (Dairying) A room for sweating cheese and carrying off the superfluous juices. {Sweating sickness} (Med.), a febrile epidemic disease which prevailed in some countries of Europe, but particularly in England, in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, characterized by profuse sweating. Death often occured in a few hours. |