sweating[adjective]Synonyms: sweaty, asweat, perspiring, perspiry, puggy, sweatful
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sweating verbal noun.
['swɛtɪŋ] ME.[from SWEAT verb + -ING1.]The action of
SWEAT verb; an instance of this.
Comb.:
sweating-house =
sweat-house (a) s.v.
SWEAT noun;
sweating pen Austral. a pen in which sheep are kept (formerly, to sweat so as to soften the wool) before shearing;
sweating-room (a) a room in which steam or hot-air baths are taken;
(b) a room in which cheeses are placed to remove excess moisture;
sweating-sickness a fever characterized by profuse sweating and freq. fatal (now chiefly
Hist. with ref. to epidemics of various diseases in England in the 15th and 16th cents.);
sweating-tub: see
TUB noun1 1b.
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