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Sweep, n.
- The act of sweeping.1913 Webster
- The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep.1913 Webster
- The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye.1913 Webster
- The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep.1913 Webster
- Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease.1913 Webster
- Direction and extent of any motion not rectilinear; as, the sweep of a compass.1913 Webster
- Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectilinear line.1913 Webster
The road which makes a small sweep.
Sir W. Scott.1913 Webster - One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper.1913 Webster
- (Founding) A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding.1913 Webster
- (Naut.) (a) The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle. (b) A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.1913 Webster
- (Refining) The almond furnace. [Obs.]1913 Webster
- A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water. [Variously written swape, sweep, swepe, and swipe.]1913 Webster
- (Card Playing) 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.1913 Webster
- pl. The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.1913 Webster
Sweep net, a net for drawing over a large compass. -- Sweep of the tiller (Naut.), a circular frame on which the tiller traverses.
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- The act of sweeping.
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Swipe , n. [Cf. Sweep, Swiple.]
- A swape or sweep. See Sweep.1913 Webster
- A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.1913 Webster
Swipes [in cricket] over the blower's head, and over either of the long fields.
R. A. Proctor.1913 Webster - pl. Poor, weak beer; small beer. [Slang, Eng.] [Written also swypes.]Craig.1913 Webster
- A swape or sweep. See Sweep.
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Swipe , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swiped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Swiping.]
- To give a swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping motion, as a ball.1913 Webster
Loose balls may be swiped almost ad libitum.
R. A. Proctor.1913 Webster - To pluck; to snatch; to steal. [Slang, U.S.]1913 Webster
- To give a swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping motion, as a ball.