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ambush tactic wherein a small group is left behind after a unit breaks camp in order to ambush enemy sweeping thru the 'deserted' area.
Sweep one's chimney is British slang for to masturbate.
A very thin person.
a schooner was broomed when the owner wanted to sell her. Instead of an ad in the paper, the old birch broom used in sweeping the deck was hoisted to the mast-head
1. A Minesweeper 2. Man responsible for cleaning an area.
A device towed by a minesweeper as part of the minesweeping rig. The paravane is a slotted wing-like apparatus that serves to pull the sweep wire out at an angle.
 Chimney sweep
A nickname for an extremely thin person. Also "Snaky" and "Voice-pipe sweeper".
A flat-bottomed barge used to transfer goods and passengers to and from moored ships, traditionally unpowered and moved and steered using "sweeps" (long oars), with their motive power provided by water currents.
Sweep is slang for to remove listening devices from a place.
artillery tactic/fire pattern to cover a target with an "X" pattern of fire.
The pole or piece of timber moved on a fulcrum or post, used to lower and raise a bucket in a well for drawing water.
Sooty and sweep is London Cockney rhyming slang for sleep.
A long oar lashed to the stern of a boat, and used as a rudder.
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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.
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Moving with a sweeping motion.
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One who extracts the residuum of precious metals from the sweepings, potsherds, etc., of refineries of gold and silver, or places where these metals are used.
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Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease.
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To pass over anything comprehensively; to range through with rapidity; as, his eye sweeps through space.
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Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass.
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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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One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep; as, a carpet sweeper.
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One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper.
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A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake.
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The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
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The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep.
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Things collected by sweeping; rubbish; as, the sweepings of a street.
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The act of sweeping.
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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.
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To draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the bottom of a river with a net.
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The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep.
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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.
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To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope.
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A complete removal or carrying away; a clean sweep.
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