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Definition of Perspiring
1. Adjective. Of a person or animal that is producing perspiration; sweating ¹
2. Noun. The act of producing perspiration ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of perspire) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Perspiring
1. perspire [v] - See also: perspire
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perspiring
Literary usage of Perspiring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1890)
"FOR OILY SKINS, perspiring HANDS, AND TENDER FEET. OF ALL CHEMISTS. PRICES.—"
Vinolia," Is. 9d.; " V." Powder, Is. 9d., in Pink, White, ..."
2. The London Medical Gazette (1849)
"Pulse fallen to 130, much softer, skin perspiring, tongue much less dry.
The incision made this morning, and the remains of the original wound, ..."
3. Handbook of Therapy by Oliver Thomas Osborne, Morris Fishbein, Jerome Henry Salisbury (1915)
"perspiring FEET Excessive perspiration of the feet, while not an important ailment
is one concerning which the physician is frequently consulted because of ..."
4. The Land of the Long Night by Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1899)
"perspiring AT 23 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. — HOUSES BURIED IN SNOW. AFTER I left the
town of Gefle the blue sky became obscured by clouds, a few flakes of snow ..."
5. The Man of Iron by Richard Dehan (1915)
"... with his sunburnt fingers in the dust a little, and tried to lift a hand to
his perspiring chest. By the tin crucifix dependent from a leather bootlace ..."
6. A Dictionary of Domestic Medicine: Giving a Description of Diseases by John Henry Clarke (1901)
"For thin children with large bodies, head perspiring, the perspiration ...
Fat children of soft fibre, head perspiring at night, but not offensive odour. ..."
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