Defn: A short run by a race horse in exercise. Sweat box (Naut.), a
small closet in which refractory men are confined.
— Sweat glands (Anat.), sudoriferous glands. See under
Sudoriferous.
SWEATER
Sweat"er, n.
1. One who sweats.
2. One who, or that which, causes to sweat; as: (a) A sudorific. (b) A woolen jacket or jersey worn by athletes. (c) An employer who oppresses his workmen by paying low wages. [Slang]
SWEATILY
Sweat"i*ly, adv.
Defn: In a sweaty manner.
SWEATINESS
Sweat"i*ness, n.
Defn: Quality or state of being sweaty.
SWEATING
Sweat"ing,
Defn: a. & n. from Sweat, v. Sweating bath, a bath producing sensible sweat; a stove or sudatory. — Sweating house, a house for sweating persons in sickness. — Sweating iron, a kind of knife, or a piece of iron, used to scrape off sweat, especially from horses; a horse scraper. — Sweating room. (a) A room for sweating persons. (b) (Dairying) A room for sweating cheese and carrying off the superfluous juices. — Sweating sickness (Med.), a febrile epidemic disease which prevailed in some countries of Europe, but particularly in England, in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, characterized by profuse sweating. Death often occured in a few hours.