14. pl.
Defn: The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc. Sweep net, a net for drawing over a large compass. — Sweep of the tiller (Naut.), a circular frame on which the tiller traverses.
SWEEPAGE
Sweep"age, n.
Defn: The crop of hay got in a meadow. [Prov. Eng.]
SWEEPER
Sweep"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep;
as, a carpet sweeper.
It is oxygen which is the great sweeper of the economy. Huxley.
SWEEPING
Sweep"ing, a.
Defn: Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter, as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying everything before it; including in its scope many persons or things; as, a sweeping flood; a sweeping majority; a sweeping accusation. — Sweep"ing*ly, adv. -Sweep"ing*ness, n.
SWEEPINGS
Sweep"ings, n. pl.
Defn: Things collected by sweeping; rubbish; as, the sweepings of a street.