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of Sweat |
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To excrete sensible moisture from the pores of the skin;
to perspire. |
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Fig.: To perspire in toil; to work hard; to drudge. |
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To emit moisture, as green plants in a heap. |
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To cause to excrete moisture from the skin; to cause to
perspire; as, his physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful
sudorifics. |
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To emit or suffer to flow from the pores; to exude. |
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To unite by heating, after the application of soldier. |
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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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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. |
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The act of sweating; or the state of one who sweats;
hence, labor; toil; drudgery. |
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Moisture issuing from any substance; as, the sweat of hay
or grain in a mow or stack. |
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The sweating sickness. |
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A short run by a race horse in exercise. |