† perspirant Obs. rare.
[ad. L. perspīrānt-em, or F. perspirant, pr. pple. of L. perspīrāre or F. perspirer to perspire: see -ant.]
A perspiring duct; a sweat-duct.
| 1745 Franklin Let. to Cadwal. Colden Wks. 1887 II. 5 That they [i.e. absorbent ducts] should communicate with the veins, and the perspirants with the arteries only seems natural enough. |