Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary

Sweat, vb. (impf. “sweat:” Merch. III, 2, 205. As II, 3, 58. H8 II, 1, 33. partic. “sweat:” Tim. III, 2, 28. sweaten, in rhyming: Mcb. IV, 1, 65) 1) intr. to excrete moisture from the skin: “his --ing palm, the precedent of pith and livelihood,” Ven. 25 (cf. Moist). “the love-sick queen began to s.” Ven. 25 “--ing with guilty fear,” Lucr. 740. Wiv. III, 3, 93. Err. III, 2, 105. As III, 2, 57. H4A II, 2, 115. H4B II, 4, 234. H4B II, 4, 234 H8 I, 1, 24. II, 1, 33. Cor. I, 4, 27. Mcb. II, 3, 7. Lr. V, 3, 55. Oth. II, 3, 85. Cymb. III, 3, 93. --ing Lust usurped his (Love's) “name,” Ven. 794. cf. “a young and --ing devil, that commonly rebels,” Oth. III, 4, 42. --ing considered as a cure of the venereal disease: “till then I'll s. and seek about for eases,” Troil. V, 10, 56.
== to toil, to labour: “did make my foe to s.” LLL V, 2, 556. “why s. they under burthens?” Merch. IV, 1, 95. “when service s. for duty,” As II, 3, 58. “none will s. but for promotion,” As II, 3, 58 “for that England's sake with burden of our armour here we s.” John II, 92. “s. in this business and maintain this war,” V, 2, 102. I mean not “to s. extraordinarily,” H4B I, 2, 235. “shall I s. for you?” IV, 3, 13. “--s in the eye of Phoebus,” H5 IV, 1, 290. “if you do s. to put a tyrant down,” R3 V, 3, 255. “I have s. to see his honour,” Tim. III, 2, 28. “to groan and s. under the business,” Caes. IV, 1, 22. “if arguing make us s.” V, 1, 48. “to grunt and s. under a weary life,” Hml. III, 1, 77. “'tis --ing labour to bear such idleness,” Ant. I, 3, 93. cf. Merch. III, 2, 205. H4B V, 5, 26. R3 III, 1, 24.
2) trans. to emit, to exude, to shed: “whiles a more frosty people s. drops of gallant youth in our rich fields,” H5 III, 5, 25. “it is no little thing to make mine eyes to s. compassion,” Cor. V, 3, 196. “grease that's --en from the murderer's gibbet,” Mcb. IV, 1, 65.