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Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the bottom of a river with a net..

Raff :: Raff (n.) The sweepings of society; the rabble; the mob; -- chiefly used in the compound or duplicate, riffraff..

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The act of sweeping.

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line..

Swipe :: Swipe (n.) A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club..

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle.

Riffraff :: Riffraff (n.) Sweepings; refuse; the lowest order of society.

Swoop :: Swoop (v. i.) To pass with pomp; to sweep.

Raff :: Raff (v. t.) To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep..

Swath :: Swath (v. t.) The whole sweep of a scythe, or the whole breadth from which grass or grain is cut by a scythe or a machine, in mowing or cradling; as, to cut a wide swath..

Scour :: Scour (v. t.) To remove by rubbing or cleansing; to sweep along or off; to carry away or remove, as by a current of water; -- often with off or away..

Draught :: Draught (n.) Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish.

Sweepage :: Sweep (n.) The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc..

Whisker :: Whisker (n.) One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion..

Swerd :: Swept () imp. & p. p. of Sweep.

Swoopstake :: Swoopstake (n.) See Sweepstake.

Brownie :: Brownie (n.) An imaginary good-natured spirit, who was supposed often to perform important services around the house by night, such as thrashing, churning, sweeping..

Besom :: Besom (v. t.) To sweep, as with a besom..

Ensweep :: Ensweep (v. t.) To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly.

Shadoof :: Shadoof (n.) A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation..

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