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Sweepstake :: Sweepstake (n.) A winning of all the stakes or prizes.

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

Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope..

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

Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To clean rooms, yards, etc., or to clear away dust, dirt, litter, etc., with a broom, brush, or the like..

Sweepwasher :: Sweepstakes (sing. / pl.) A race for all the sums staked or prizes offered.

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

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep..

Greenfinch :: Greenfinch (n.) A European finch (Ligurinus chloris); -- called also green bird, green linnet, green grosbeak, green olf, greeny, and peasweep..

Broom :: Broom (n.) An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom..

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.

Sweepings :: Sweeping (a.) Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter, as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying everything before it; including in its scope many persons or things; as, a sweeping flood; a sweeping majority; a sweeping accusation..

Sweeping :: Sweeper (n.) One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep; as, a carpet sweeper..

Peasweep :: Peasweep (n.) The pewit, or lapwing..

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

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water..

Dust :: Dust (v. t.) To free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust from; as, to dust a table or a floor..

Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To brush swiftly over the surface of anything; to pass with switness and force, as if brushing the surface of anything; to move in a stately manner; as, the wind sweeps across the plain; a woman sweeps through a drawing-room..

Besom :: Besom (n.) A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweeps away or destroys.

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep..

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