Definition of sweat

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Sweat (v. t.) 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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Sweat :: Sweat (v. i.) 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..
Sweating :: Sweatiness (n.) Quality or state of being sweaty.
Washy :: Washy (a.) Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labor; as, a washy horse..
Sweater :: Sweat (v. i.) A short run by a race horse in exercise.
Pyaemia :: Pyaemia (n.) A form of blood poisoning produced by the absorption into the blood of morbid matters usually originating in a wound or local inflammation. It is characterized by the development of multiple abscesses throughout the body, and is attended with irregularly recurring chills, fever, profuse sweating, and exhaustion..
Sweat :: Sweat (v. i.) Fig.: To perspire in toil; to work hard; to drudge.
Colliquative :: Colliquative (a.) Causing rapid waste or exhaustion; melting; as, colliquative sweats..
Lather :: Lather (n.) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse..
Crisis :: Crisis (n.) That change in a disease which indicates whether the result is to be recovery or death; sometimes, also, a striking change of symptoms attended by an outward manifestation, as by an eruption or sweat..
Swatch :: Swat () imp. of Sweat.
Bloody Sweat :: Bloody sweat () A sweat accompanied by a discharge of blood; a disease, called sweating sickness, formerly prevalent in England and other countries..
Perspire :: Perspire (v. t.) To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through pores.
Sweater :: Sweater (n.) A sudorific.
Forswat :: Forswat (a.) Spent with heat; covered with sweat.
Sweat :: Sweating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swea.
Sweltry :: Swelter (v. t.) To exude, like sweat..
Swath :: Swate () imp. of Sweat.
Sweat :: Sweat (v. i.) The sweating sickness.
Sweaty :: Sweating () a. & n. from Sweat, v..
Polygraph :: Polygraph (n.) An instrument for detecting deceptive statements by a subject, by measuring several physiological states of the subject, such as pulse, heartbeat, and sweating. The instrument records these parameters on a strip of paper while the subject is asked questions designed to elicit emotional responses when the subject tries to deceive the interrogator. Also called lie detector.
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