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

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..

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.

Flourish :: Flourish (v. i.) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion..

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

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

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..

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

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them..

Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney. Used also figuratively..

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

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

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

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

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..

Soup :: Soup (v. t.) To sweep. See Sweep, and Swoop..

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

Swipe :: Swipe (n.) A swape or sweep. See Sweep.

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

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

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