sweat box

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sweat box - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sweat \Sweat\, n. [Cf. OE. swot, AS. sw[=a]t. See Sweat, v.
     i.]
     1. (Physiol.) The fluid which is excreted from the skin of an
        animal; the fluid secreted by the sudoriferous glands; a
        transparent, colorless, acid liquid with a peculiar odor,
        containing some fatty acids and mineral matter;
        perspiration. See Perspiration.
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              In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread.
                                                    --Gen. iii.
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     2. The act of sweating; or the state of one who sweats;
        hence, labor; toil; drudgery. --Shak.
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     3. Moisture issuing from any substance; as, the sweat of hay
        or grain in a mow or stack. --Mortimer.
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     4. The sweating sickness. [Obs.] --Holinshed.
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     5. (Man.) A short run by a race horse in exercise.
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     Sweat box (Naut.), a small closet in which refractory men
        are confined.
  
     Sweat glands (Anat.), sudoriferous glands. See under
        Sudoriferous.