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sweating [′swed·iŋ] (chemical engineering) Separation of paraffin oil from low-melting petroleum wax obtained from paraffin wax in a chamber (sweater) by first cooling the mixture until it is a solid cake, then warming gradually to cause partial fusion of the mixture to allow drainage of liquid from the cake. Also known as exudation. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He emptied the pail with the wide thirst of the sweating ploughman, returned it to me, and started up the plough. He comes a-dropping down, once more, sweating like an ice-pitcher, dropped his acorn in and says, A number of these sweatings and plungings having, as he supposed, rendered his person perfectly "inodorous," he resumed his trapping with renovated hope. |
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