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

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.) The almond furnace.

Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To clean rooms, yards, etc., or to clear away dust, dirt, litter, etc., with a broom, brush, or the like..

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

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..

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.) In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam..

Swipe :: Swipe (n.) A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club..

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

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

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line..

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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..

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