Webster's Dictionary 1828

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SWEATING

SWEAT'ING, participle present tense Emitting moisture from the pores of the skin; throwing our moisture; exuding.1. Causing to emit moisture upon the skin.

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SWEATING-BATH

SWEAT'ING-BATH, noun A sudatory; a bath for exciting sensible perspiration or sweat; a hypocaust or stove.

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SWEATING-HOUSE

SWEAT'ING-HOUSE, noun A house for sweating persons in sickness.

6295

SWEATING-IRON

SWEAT'ING-IRON, noun A kind of knife or a piece of a sythe, used to scrape off sweat from horses.

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SWEATING-ROOM

SWEAT'ING-ROOM, noun A room for sweating persons.1. In rural economy, a room for sweating cheese and carrying off the superfluous juices.

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SWEATING-SICKNESS

SWEAT'ING-SICKNESS, noun A febril epidemic disease which prevailed in some countries of Europe, but particularly in England, in the 15th and 16th centuries. Its first appearance...

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SWEATY

SWEAT'Y, adjective Moist with sweat; as a sweaty skin; a sweaty garment.1. Consisting of sweat.No noisy whiffs or sweaty streams.2. Laborious; toilsome; as the sweaty forge.

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SWEDE

SWEDE, noun A native of Sweden.1. A Swedish turnep.

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SWEDISH

SWE'DISH, adjective Pertaining to Sweden.

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SWEDISH-TURNEP

SWE'DISH-TURNEP, noun The ruta baga, a hard sort of turnep, of two kinds, the white and the yellow. The latter is most valued.

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SWEEP

SWEEP, verb transitivepreterit tense and participle passive swept.1. To brush or rub over with a brush, broom or besom, for removing loose dirt; to clean by brushing; as, to swe...

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SWEEP-NET

SWEE'P-NET, noun [sweep and net.] A large net for drawing over a large compass.

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SWEEP-SOP

SWEEP-SOP, noun A name of the Annona squamosa.

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SWEEPER

SWEE'PER, noun One that sweeps.

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SWEEPING

SWEE'PING, participle present tense Brushing over; rubbing with a broom or besom; cleaning with a broom or besom; brushing along; passing over; dragging over.

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SWEEPINGS

SWEE'PINGS, nounplural Things collected by sweeping; rubbish. The sweepings of streets are often used as manure.

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SWEEPSTAKE

SWEE'PSTAKE, noun [sweep and stake.] A man that wins all; usually sweepstakes.

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SWEEPY

SWEE'PY, adjective Passing with speed and violence over a great compass at once.The branches bend before their sweepy sway.1. Strutting.2. Wavy.

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SWEET

SWEET, adjective [Latin suavis.]1. Agreeable or grateful to the taste; as, sugar or honey is sweet2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; as a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense....

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SWEET-APPLE

SWEET-APPLE, noun [sweet and apple.] The Annona squamosa.

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SWEET-BREAD

SWEET-BREAD, noun [sweet and bread.] The pancreas of a calf.

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SWEET-BRIAR

SWEET-BRIAR, noun [sweet and briar.] A shrubby plant of the genus Rosa, cultivated for its fragrant smell.

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SWEET-BROOM

SWEE'T-BROOM, noun [sweet and broom.] A plant.

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SWEET-CICELY

SWEET-CIC'ELY, noun A plant of the genus Scandix.

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SWEET-CICTUS

SWEET-CIC'TUS, noun A shrub, the gumcistus.

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SWEET-CORN

SWEET-CORN, noun A variety of the maiz, of a sweet taste.

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SWEET-FLAG

SWEET-FLAG, noun A plant of the genus Acorus.