See Also: Sweating(medicine)
sweating(dictionary)
sweating, gustatory(medicine)
sweating sickness(medicine)
sweating test(medicine)
Sweating Up - Horse Racing(gambling)
English sweating disease(medicine)
gustatory sweating syndrome(medicine)

sweating (iou)



sweating verbal noun. 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.