1. One who swears; one who calls God to witness for the truth of his declaration.
2. A profane person; one who uses profane language. Then the liars and swearers are fools. Shak.
SWEARING
Swear"ing, a. & n.
Defn: from Swear, v.
Idle swearing is a cursedness. Chaucer.
SWEAT Sweat, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sweat or Sweated (Obs. Swat (); p. pr. & vb. n. Sweating.] Etym: [OE. sweten, AS. swætan, fr. swat, n., sweat; akin to OFries. & OS. swet, D. zweet, OHG. sweiz, G. schweiss, Icel. sviti, sveiti, Sw. svett, Dan. sved, L. sudor sweat, sudare to sweat, Gr. sveda sweat, svid to sweat. *178. Cf. Exude, Sudary, Sudorific.]
1. To excrete sensible moisture from the pores of the skin; to perspire. Shak.
2. Fig.: To perspire in toil; to work hard; to drudge. He 'd have the poets sweat. Waller.
3. To emit moisture, as green plants in a heap.
SWEAT
Sweat, v. t.
1. To cause to excrete moisture from the skin; to cause to perspire; as, his physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful sudorifics.