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

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..

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

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The almond furnace.

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

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..

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.

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

Riffraff :: Riffraff (n.) Sweepings; refuse; the lowest order of society.

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

Compass :: Compass (n.) Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination..

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

Besom :: Besom (n.) A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweeps away or destroys.

Raff :: Raff (v. t.) To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep..

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