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unsweat en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + sweat.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To relieve from perspiration; to ease or cool after exercise or toil.
   • The Old Man's gone berserk, lads, childish, addle-brained, he sweats, unsweats , till with blood , tears and sweat he shapes erect nude pigs and makes them stand on their hind legs , sets them to bake in sun, […] 1958, Nikos Kazantzakis, Kimon Friar, The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel, page 738:
   • The interim of unsweating themselves regularly, and convenient rest before meat, may both with profit and delight be taken up in recreating and composing their travel'd Spirit [1644], [John Milton], Of Education. To Master Samuel Hartlib, [London]: […] [Thomas Underhill and/or Thomas Johnson], →OCLC:
2. (transitive) To remove solder from a joint that has been previously soldered together.
   • They were to "unsweat" a joint of the old return line by heating the solder and then to install a T valve. To unsweat, appellant used a Prestolite tank which produced a flame of sufficient heat to melt the solder on the sweat units. 1967, The Federal Reporter, page 460:
   • Moisture will be released if the technician unsweats the filter drier . 2019, Craig Migliaccio, Refrigerant Charging and Service Procedures for Air Conditioning, page 212:

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