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Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope..

Sweepstake :: Sweep-saw (n.) A bow-saw.

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

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made of the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because originally made of the twigs of the broom..

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

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

Whisk :: Whisk (n.) To sweep, brush, or agitate, with a light, rapid motion; as, to whisk dust from a table; to whisk the white of eggs into a froth..

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

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..

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

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

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

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

Chambermaid :: Chambermaid (n.) A maidservant who has the care of chambers, making the beds, sweeping, cleaning the rooms, etc..

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

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

Scour :: Scour (v. t.) To remove by rubbing or cleansing; to sweep along or off; to carry away or remove, as by a current of water; -- often with off or away..

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

Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.

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

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