(imp. & p. p.) of Sweat
(v. i.) To excrete sensible moisture from the pores of the skin;
to perspire.
(v. i.) Fig.: To perspire in toil; to work hard; to drudge.
(v. i.) To emit moisture, as green plants in a heap.
(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.
(v. t.) To emit or suffer to flow from the pores; to exude.
(v. t.) To unite by heating, after the application of soldier.
(v. t.) To get something advantageous, as money, property, or
labor from (any one), by exaction or oppression; as, to sweat a
spendthrift; to sweat laborers.
(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.
(v. i.) The act of sweating; or the state of one who sweats;
hence, labor; toil; drudgery.
(v. i.) Moisture issuing from any substance; as, the sweat of hay
or grain in a mow or stack.
(v. i.) The sweating sickness.
(v. i.) A short run by a race horse in exercise.
