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Sweepstakes :: Sweepstake (n.) A complete removal or carrying away; a clean sweep.

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

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

Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To strike with a long stroke.

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..

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

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

Sweepage :: Sweep (n.) The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc..

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

Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To drive or carry along or off with a broom or a brush, or as if with a broom; to remove by, or as if by, brushing; as, to sweep dirt from a floor; the wind sweeps the snow from the hills; a freshet sweeps away a dam, timber, or rubbish; a pestilence sweeps off multitudes..

Orderly :: Orderly (n.) A street sweeper.

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

Swath :: Swath (v. t.) The whole sweep of a scythe, or the whole breadth from which grass or grain is cut by a scythe or a machine, in mowing or cradling; as, to cut a wide swath..

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

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..

Peasweep :: Peasweep (n.) The greenfinch.

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

Sweeping :: Sweeper (n.) One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep; as, a carpet sweeper..

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..

Swoopstake :: Swoopstake (n.) See Sweepstake.

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