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he wagon turns. A slider; a sweepbar. Sway-brac′ing. The guys of a suspensionbridge to prevent lateral swaying. Sweat′ing-bath. A vapor-bath for sweating persons. A stove or sudatory. Swather for mowing-machine. Sweating-furnace. els f f. The black copper which results is treated in a reverberatory furnace, and the argentiferous lead is cupelled. Sweat′ing-house. A separate apartment, where vapor-baths are obtained. Sweat′ing-ir′on. A scraper to remove sweat fromSweat′ing-ir′on. A scraper to remove sweat from horses. A similar instrument used by the gymnasts of a former age was known as a Strigil (which see). Sweat′ing-room. A room devoted to the use of a vapor-bath. Sweep. 1. A counter-weighted pole, poised upon a fulcrum-post, and used Sweat′ing-room. A room devoted to the use of a vapor-bath. Sweep. 1. A counter-weighted pole, poised upon a fulcrum-post, and used to raise and lower a bucket suspended from the longer end. It is also written swape. It is the shaduf of the Nile, and is known with us as the well-pole or well-sweep. See Shadoof. 2. The lever of a horse-power or pug-mill. 3.