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

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

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

Pampero :: Pampero (n.) A violent wind from the west or southwest, which sweeps over the pampas of South America and the adjacent seas, often doing great damage..

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

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.

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

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

Scovel :: Scovel (n.) A mop for sweeping ovens; a malkin.

Sway :: Sway (n.) The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon.

Whisk :: Whisk (n.) The act of whisking; a rapid, sweeping motion, as of something light; a sudden motion or quick puff..

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..

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 (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..

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

Whisking :: Whisking (a.) Sweeping along lightly.

Sweepstakes :: Sweepstakes (sing. / pl.) The whole money or other things staked at a horse race, a given sum being put up for each horse, all of which goes to the winner, or is divided among several, as may be previously agreed..

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.

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

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