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

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

Fish :: Fish (v. t.) To search by raking or sweeping.

Scope :: Scope (n.) Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable..

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

Scum :: Scum (v. t.) To sweep or range over the surface of.

Scavenger :: Scavenger (v.) A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping, and carrying off the filth. The name is also applied to any animal which devours refuse, carrion, or anything injurious to health..

Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To strike with a long stroke.

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper..

Broom :: Broom (n.) A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp., the Cytisus scoparius of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves, and large yellow flowers..

Sward :: Swape (n.) See Sweep, n., 12..

Orderly :: Orderly (n.) A street sweeper.

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..

Swoop :: Swoop (n.) To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.

Compass :: Compass (n.) Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination..

Cataclysm :: Cataclysm (n.) An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge.

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass..

Swinge :: Swinge (n.) The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing.

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease..

Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To pass over anything comprehensively; to range through with rapidity; as, his eye sweeps through space..

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