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(Encyclopedia) sweatshop: see sweating system.cottage industry
(Encyclopedia) cottage industry: see sweating system.Brewer's: Sweat
To sweat a client. To make him bleed; to fleece him. To sweat coin. To subtract part of the silver or gold by friction, but not to such an amount as to render the coin useless as a legal…Brewer's: Sweating sickness
appeared in England about a century and a half after the Black Death. (1485.) It broke out amongst the soldiers of Richmond's army, after the battle of Bosworth Field, and lasted five…sweating system
(Encyclopedia) sweating system, method of exploiting labor by supplying materials to workers and paying by the piece (see piecework) for work done on those materials in the workers' homes or in small…heatstroke
(Encyclopedia) heatstroke, profound disturbance of the heat-regulating mechanism of the body, also known as sunstroke. It is characterized by extremely high body temperatures and sometimes by…tartar emetic
(Encyclopedia) tartar emetic, poisonous, odorless, transparent rhombic crystals or white powder with a metallic, sweetish taste. Chemically, it is potassium antimony tartrate, KSbC4H4O7·1&fslsh;…sweat
(Encyclopedia) sweat or perspiration, fluid secreted by the sweat glands of mammalian skin and containing water, salts, and waste products of body metabolism such as urea. The dissolved solid content…delirium tremens
(Encyclopedia) delirium tremensdelirium tremenstrēˈmənz, trĕmˈənz [key], hallucinatory episodes that may occur during withdrawal from chronic alcoholism, popularly known as the DTs. An episode of…eczema
(Encyclopedia) eczemaeczemaĕkˈsəmə [key], acute or chronic skin disease characterized by redness, itching, serum-filled blisters, crusting, and scaling. Predisposing factors are familial history of…Trending
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