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

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

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

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

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

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

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding..

Overrake :: Overrake (v. t.) To rake over, or sweep across, from end to end, as waves that break over a vessel anchored with head to the sea..

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

Sweepy :: Sweepwasher (n.) One who extracts the residuum of precious metals from the sweepings, potsherds, etc., of refineries of gold and silver, or places where these metals are used..

Swal :: Swaip (v. i.) To walk proudly; to sweep along.

Housework :: Housework (n.) The work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work, sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like..

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

Cat-harping :: Cat-harping (n.) One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the shrouds toward the masts so a to give freer sweep to the yards.

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

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

Sweet :: Sweepy (a.) Moving with a sweeping motion.

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..

Whirlwind :: Whirlwind (n.) Fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward.

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

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