[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

swape \swape\, n.
   see sweep, n., 12.
   1913 webster
see also:
sweep 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sweep \sweep\, n.
   1. the act of sweeping.
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   2. the compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep.
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   3. the compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the
      sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye.
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   4. the compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood
      carried away everything within its sweep.
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   5. violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an
      epidemic disease.
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   6. direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the
      sweep of a compass.
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   7. direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the
      like, away from a rectlinear line.
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            the road which makes a small sweep.   --sir w.
                                                  scott.
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   8. one who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney
      sweeper.
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   9. founding a movable templet for making molds, in loam
      molding.
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   10. 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.
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   11. refining the almond furnace. obs.
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   12. 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.
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   13. 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.
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   14. pl. the sweeping of workshops where precious metals are
       worked, containing filings, etc.
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   sweep net, a net for drawing over a large compass.

   sweep of the tiller naut., a circular frame on which the
      tiller traverses.
      1913 webster
see also:
swape sweep swepe swipe sweep net sweep of the tiller 

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