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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sweat \Sweat\, n. [Cf. OE. swot, AS. sw[=a]t. See {Sweat}, v.
i.]
1. (Physiol.) 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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In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread.
--Gen. iii.
19.
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2. The act of sweating; or the state of one who sweats;
hence, labor; toil; drudgery. --Shak.
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3. Moisture issuing from any substance; as, the sweat of hay
or grain in a mow or stack. --Mortimer.
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4. The sweating sickness. [Obs.] --Holinshed.
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5. (Man.) A short run by a race horse in exercise.
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{Sweat box} (Naut.), a small closet in which refractory men
are confined.
{Sweat glands} (Anat.), sudoriferous glands. See under
{Sudoriferous}.