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Cold sweat

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  1. 1
    Perspiration which feels chilly to the person perspiring, and which indicates debilitating illness, shock, or the experiencing of an intense emotion such as despair, anxiety, or, especially, fear.

    ". . . And the dead were at my feet. The cold sweat melted from their limbs, Ne rot, ne reek did they; The look with which they look'd on me, Had never pass'd away."

  2. 2
    the physical condition of concurrent perspiration and chill; associated with fear wordnet

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