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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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. 
 
  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[ae]tan,  fr  sw[=a]t,  n.,  sweat;  akin  to  OFries  &  OS 
  sw[=e]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[=e]da  sweat,  svid 
  to  sweat.  [root]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  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sweating 
  adj  :  being  wet  with  perspiration;  "the  perspiring  runners";  "his 
  sweating  face";  "sweaty  clothes"  [syn:  {perspiring},  {sweaty}] 
  n  :  the  process  of  secreting  perspiration  [syn:  {perspiring},  {transpiration}]




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