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Sweeper :: Sweepage (n.) The crop of hay got in a meadow.

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

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

Shakings :: Shakings (n. pl.) Deck sweepings, refuse of cordage, canvas, etc..

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

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

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

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

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..

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

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The almond furnace.

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

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

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..

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made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom..

Draught :: Draught (n.) That which is taken by sweeping with a net.

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

Rasante :: Rasante (a.) Sweeping; grazing; -- applied to a style of fortification in which the command of the works over each other, and over the country, is kept very low, in order that the shot may more effectually sweep or graze the ground before them..

Whisk :: Whisk (n.) To move with a quick, sweeping motion..

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

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