† forswatadj.
Covered with sweat.
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swotyc893
besweatc1275
forswatc1325
wetc1400
all on a watera1438
foaming1590
sweaty1590
sweated1654
deliquescent1815
perspiry1860
sticky1884
c1325 Pol. Songs (Camden) 158 Of thralles y am ther thral, That sitteth swart ant forswat.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vii. 2 The kyng toward the vod is gane, Wery for-swat [1489 Adv. for-swayt].
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xviii. 296 Com a knyght right well armed vpon a grete steede all for swette.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xi. sig. V5 A couple of foreswat melters.
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