Sweat box (Naut.), a small closet in which refractory men are confined.
-- Sweat glands (Anat.), sudoriferous glands. See under Sudoriferous.
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]
Sweat"i*ly (?), adv. In a sweaty manner.
Sweat"i*ness, n. Quality or state of being sweaty.
Sweat"ing, 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.
Sweat"y (?), a. [Compar. Sweatier (?); superl. Sweatiest.] 1. Moist
with sweat; as, a sweaty skin; a sweaty garment.