sweating
31sweating system — noun : a system of employing labor (as in sweatshops) for long hours at low wages and often under unsafe or unsanitary conditions * * * the practice of employing workers in sweatshops. [1850 55] * * * sweating system noun The practice of working… …
32sweating stage — the final stage of a malarial paroxysm, marked by sweating …
33sweating room — hot sauna room intended to clean out the skin by causing sweating …
34sweating sickness — noun a fever with intense sweating, epidemic in England in the 15th–16th centuries …
35sweating-bath — n. Sudatory, vapor bath, hot house, sweating room …
36sweating-room — n. See sweating bath …
37sweating pen — /ˈswɛtɪŋ pɛn/ (say sweting pen) noun a holding pen for sheep which are still sweating from being mustered, in which they cool down in readiness for shearing …
38sweating sickness — /ˈswɛtɪŋ ˌsɪknəs/ (say sweting .siknuhs) noun a febrile epidemic disease which appeared in the 15th and 16th centuries, characterised by profuse sweating, and frequently fatal in a few hours …
39sweating sickness — noun 1. a disease of cattle (especially calves) • Hypernyms: ↑animal disease 2. epidemic in the 15th and 16th centuries and characterized by profuse sweating and high mortality • Syn: ↑miliary fever • Hypernyms: ↑infectious disease …
40Sweating — The act of secreting fluid from the skin by the sweat (sudoriferous) glands. These are small tubular glands situated within and under the skin (in the subcutaneous tissue). They discharge by tiny openings in the surface of the skin. The sweat is… …
