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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Swĕat, n. p. 1337The fluid or sensible moisture which is excreted from the skin of an animal, more commonly that which is produced by hard work, mental excitement, bodily suffering, or medicine. In the sweat of thy…Swĕat, v. i. p. 1337To excrete sensible moisture from the skin. 2. To toil; to labor; to drudge. He'd have the poets sweat. Waller. 3. To emit moisture, as green plants in a heap.Swĕat, v. t. p. 1337To cause to excrete moisture from the skin; as, his physicians attempted to sweat him by the most powerful sudorifics. 2. To emit or suffer to flow from the pores; to exude. For him the rich Arabia…Swĕat'er, n. p. 1337One who sweats. 2. One who, or that which, causes to sweat; a sudorific.Swĕat'i-ly, adv. p. 1337In a sweaty manner; so as to be moist with sweat.Swĕat'i-ness, n. p. 1337The state of being sweaty, or moist with sweat.Sweat'ing-bâth, n. p. 1337A bath for producing sensible sweat; a stove; a sudatory.Swĕat'ing-house, n. p. 1337A house for sweating persons in sickness.Sweat'ing-ī'ron, n. p. 1337A kind of knife, or a piece of iron, used to scrape off sweat, especially from horses.Sweat'ing-room, n. p. 1337A room for sweating person. 2. (Dairy Business.) A room for sweating cheese and carrying off the superfluous juices.Sweat'ing-sick'ness, n. p. 1337(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, which…Sweat'y, a. p. 1337Moist with sweat; as, a sweaty skin; a sweaty garment. 2. Consisting of sweat. “No noisy whiffs or sweaty streams.” Swift. 3. Laborious; toilsome; difficult. “The sweaty forge.” Prior.Swēde, n. p. 1337(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Sweden. 2. A Swedish turnip.Swē'den-bôr'gi-an, n. p. 1337One who holds the doctrines of the New Jerusalem church, as taught by Emanuel Swedenborg, a Swedish philosopher and religious writer (born A. D. 1688, died 1772), who claimed to have direct…Swē'den-bôr'gi-an, a. p. 1337Of, or pertaining to, Swedenborg or his views.Swē'den-bôr'gi-an-īzm, n. p. 1337The doctrines of the Swedenborgians.Swĕdge, n. & v. t. p. 1337The same as SWAGE. See SWAGE.Swēd’ish, a. p. 1337(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Sweden. Swedish turnip (Bot.), the ruta-baga. See RUTA-BAGA.Swēd'ish, n. p. 1337The language of the Swedes.Sweep, v. t. p. 1337To brush, or rub over with a brush, broom, or besom, for removing loose dirt; to clean by brushing; as, to sweep a chimney or a floor. 2. To drive or carry along or off by a long, brushing stroke or…Sweep, v. i. p. 1337To pass with swiftness and violence, as something broad, or brushing the surface of any thing; as, a sweeping rain; a sweeping flood. 2. To pass over or brush along with celerity and force; as, the…Sweep, n. p. 1337The act of sweeping. 2. The compass of a stroke; as, a long sweep. 3. The compass of any turning body or motion; as, the sweep of a door. 4. The compass of any thing flowing or brushing; as, the…Sweep'age, n. p. 1338The crop of hay got in a meadow. [Prov. Eng.] Ogilvie.Sweep'er, n. p. 1338One who sweeps; a sweep.Sweep'ing-ly, adv. p. 1338In a sweeping manner; by sweeping.Sweep'ing-ness, n. p. 1338The quality of being sweeping; as, the sweepingness of a charge.Sweep'ing-s, n. pl. p. 1338Things collected by sweeping; rubbish; as, the sweepings of streets are often used as manure.Sweep'-nĕt, n. p. 1338A net for drawing over a large compass.Sweep'stāke, n. p. 1338One who wins all;—usually written sweepstakes. Shak.Sweep'stākes, n. sing. or pl. p. 1338The whole money or other things staked or won at a horse-race. 2. A sweepstake. See SWEEPSTAKE.Sweep'-wash'er, n. p. 1338The person who extracts the residuum of precious metals from the sweepings, potsherds, &c., of refineries of gold and silver, or places where these metals are manufactured or used. Ure.Sweep'y, a. p. 1338Passing with speed and violence over a great compass at once; sweeping. The branches bend before their sweepy sway. Dryden. 2. Wavy. “The sweepy crest.” Pope. 3. Strutting; expanded. “His sweepy…Sweet, a. p. 1338Having a certain agreeable taste or flavor, like or resembling that of honey or sugar; saccharine;—opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges. 2. Pleasing to the…Sweet, n. p. 1338That which is sweet to the taste;—used chiefly in the plural; as, (a.) Confectionery, preserves, sugars, honey, and the like. (b.) Homemade wines, cordials, metheglin, and the like. 2. That which is…Sweet'-ăp'ple, n. p. 1338(Bot.) The Anona squamosa, or sweet-sop. See SWEET-sop. Lee.Sweet'-bāy, n. p. 1338(Bot.) (a.) A plant of the genus Laurus (L. nobilis), a species of laurel. See LAUREL. (b.) A small North American tree of the genus Magnolia; swamp-sassafras.Sweet'-bread, n. p. 1338The pancreas of an animal, used for food.Sweet'-bri'er, n. p. 1338(Bot.) A shrubby plant of the genus Rosa, cultivated for its fragrant smell.Sweet'-broom, n. p. 1338A certain plant. Ainsworth.Sweet'-cal'a-bāsh, n. p. 1338(Bot.) A plant of the genus Passiflora (P. maliformis), growing in the West Indies, and producing a roundish, edible fruit. Loudon.Sweet'-cāl'a-mŭs or Sweet'-cāine, n. p. 1338(Bot.) An aromatic plant of the genus Calamus; C. aromaticus.Sweet'-ciç'e-ly, n. p. 1338(Bot.) (a.) A North American umbelliferous plant of the genus Osmorrhiza, having aromatic roots and seeds, and white flowers. Gray. (b.) A plant of the genus Myrrhis (M. odorata), growing in England.Sweet'-cïs'tus, n. p. 1338(Bot.) An evergreen shrub (Cistus ladanum), from which the gum ladanum is obtained.Sweet'-côrn, n. p. 1338A variety of the maize, of a sweet taste.Sweet'en, v. t. p. 1338To make sweet to the taste; as, to sweeten tea or coffee. 2. To make pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, to sweeten life; to sweeten friendship. 3. To make mild or kind; as, to sweeten the temper.…Sweet'en, v. i. p. 1338To become sweet.Sweet'en-er, n. p. 1338One who, or that which, sweetens; one who palliates; that which moderates acrimony.Sweet'en-ing, n. p. 1338The act of making sweet. 2. That which sweetens.Sweet'-fĕrn, n. p. 1338(Bot.) A small North American shrub, having sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern-leaves; Comptonia asplenifolia. Gray.Sweet'-flāg, n. p. 1338(Bot.) An endogenous water plant of the genus Acorus, having a root-stalk of a pungent, aromatic taste; — called also calamus. It is found in wet places in Europe and America. The whole plant has an…Sweet'-gāle, n. p. 1338(Bot.) A shrub of the genus Myrica (M. gale), having bitter, fragrant leaves, and found in wet grounds. London.Sweet'-gŭm, n. p. 1338(Bot.) A large tree (Liquidambar styraciflua), having smooth, shining, fragrant leaves; liquidambar. It is common in the United States.Sweet'heärt, n. p. 1338A lover or mistress.Sweet'ing, n. p. 1338A sweet apple. Ascham. 2. A darling;—a word of endearment. Shak.Sweet'ish, a. p. 1338Somewhat sweet or grateful to the taste.Sweet'ish-ness, n. p. 1338The quality of being sweetish.Sweet'-jōhns, n. p. 1338(Bot.) A plant; a species of Dianthus, or pink;—called also sweet John's-wort.Sweet'-leaf, n. p. 1338(Bot.) A small tree (Symplocos tinctoria), bearing clusters of yellow flowers, and thick, odorous leaves, of a sweetish taste, which are greedily eaten by cattle, and which also furnish a yellow…Sweet'ly, adv. p. 1338In a sweet manner; gratefully; agreeably.Sweet'-mär'jo-ram, n. p. 1338(Bot.) A very fragrant plant of the genus Origanum.