·- ·adj & ·noun from Sweat, v.
II. Sweating ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Sweat.
A mode of diminishing the gold coin, practiced chiefly by the Jews, who corrode it with aqua regia. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Wasting his stores. Burning his candles, &c. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book