Sweat

·vi The sweating sickness.

II. Sweat ·Impf & ·p.p. of Sweat.

III. Sweat ·vi A short run by a race horse in exercise.

IV. Sweat ·vi To emit moisture, as green plants in a heap.

V. Sweat ·vt To unite by heating, after the application of soldier.

VI. Sweat ·vi Fig.: To perspire in toil; to work hard; to Drudge.

VII. Sweat ·vt To emit or suffer to flow from the pores; to Exude.

VIII. Sweat ·vi The act of sweating; or the state of one who sweats; hence, labor; toil; drudgery.

IX. Sweat ·vi Moisture issuing from any substance; as, the sweat of hay or grain in a mow or stack.

X. Sweat ·vi To excrete sensible moisture from the pores of the skin; to Perspire.

XI. Sweat ·vt To cause to excrete moisture from the skin; to cause to perspire; as, his physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful sudorifics.

XII. Sweat ·vt To get something advantageous, as money, property, or labor from (any one), by exaction or oppression; as, to sweat a spendthrift; to sweat laborers.

XIII. Sweat ·vi 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.