† besweatadj.
Obsolete exc. archaic.
Covered with sweat.Revived by William Morris.
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swotyc893
besweatc1275
forswatc1325
wetc1400
all on a watera1438
foaming1590
sweaty1590
sweated1654
deliquescent1815
perspiry1860
sticky1884
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4646 Al his burne wes bi-swæt [c1300 Otho bi-swat].
c1460 Lybeaus Disc. 108 All beswette for hete.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur (1816) II. 206 Her horse was all to besweat.
1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 82 Your letters..came wrinkled like linnen,..besweat like a doublet.
1876 W. Morris Story of Sigurd iv. 316 Lo, lord, our spurs are bloody, and our brows besweat with haste.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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adj.c1275- nonsolid
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- nonsolvency
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