Phrase guide
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noun
An opening in the skin through which sweat is excreted; pore.
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Usage: archaic, nonstandard, rare
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noun
A large hole in the ground, heated with a fire, into which a sick person is brought wrapped in blankets (once the fire is removed), with a jug of water for making steam, the whole covered by an awning to hold the steam in; an underground sweat lodge.
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noun
An uncomfortably hot enclosed space.
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History
From Middle English swet hole, a partial calque of Old English swātþyrl (“pore”, literally “sweat-hole”). Cognate with German Schweißloch (“pore, sweat hole”), Danish swedehul (“pore”), Icelandic svitahola (“pore”).
From sweat + hole.
