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Rasante :: Rasante (a.) Sweeping; grazing; -- applied to a style of fortification in which the command of the works over each other, and over the country, is kept very low, in order that the shot may more effectually sweep or graze the ground before them..

Peasweep :: Peasweep (n.) The greenfinch.

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

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

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

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

Shakings :: Shakings (n. pl.) Deck sweepings, refuse of cordage, canvas, etc..

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

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

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

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..

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

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..

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..

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..

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding..

Fish :: Fish (v. t.) To search by raking or sweeping.

Scope :: Scope (n.) Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable..

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

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