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758. 2. The reach or range of a continued motion or stroke: as, the long sweep of a scythe; direction or extent of any motion not rectilinear: as, the sweep of a compa ; hence, range, in general; compa . IMG:content-2615.png:[blocks in formation] An incision was commenced on the mesial line...and carried backward and downward in a semicircular J. M. Car no chan, Operative Surgery, p. 81. Specifically- ( a ) The compa of anything flowing or blowing: as, the flood or the storm carried away everything within its sweep . (b) Reach; extent; prevalence, as of a disease: as, the sweep of an epidemic. 3. A turn, bend, or curve. sweep . The St. Just miners use a hammer which is Morgans , Manual of Mining Tools, p. 65. a long bloat head with a little sweep . 6106 The cavalcade, following the sweep of the drive, quickly turned the angle of the house, and I lost sight of it. Charlotte Brontë , Jane Eyre, xvii. Deep, wistful gray eyes, under a sweep of brown hair that fell acro his forehead. The Atlantic, LXV. 353. The stream twists down through the valley in long sweeps , leaving oval wooded bottoms, first on one side and then on the other. T. Roosevelt, The Century, XXXV. 655. 4. A circular, semicircular, or curved carriage drive in front of a house. Down the little carriage-drive past the pigeon-house elevated on a pole,.. up the sweep , and so to the house do or. E. Yates , Broken to Harne , I. 311. 5. A rapid survey or inspection by moving the direction of vision in a systematic manner so especially, in astron., the act of sweeping (see as to search the whole of a given angular area; sweep, v. i., 4); hence, the immediate object of such a view; hence, again, the external object, the country, or section of the heavens viewed. Beyond the farthest sweep of the telescoре. Craik, Hist. Eng. Lit., II. 173. By continuing my sweeps of the heavens my opinion of the arrangement of the stars and their magnitudes, and of some other particulars, has undergone a gradual change. A. M. Clerke, Astron. in 19th Cent., p. 26. A magnificent sweep of mountain country was in sight. C. D. Warner, Roundabout Journey, p. 93. 6. In ship - building, any arc of a circle used in the body-plan to describe the form of the timbers.-7. Naut., a large oar, used in small ve els sometimes to a ist the rudder in turn ing the ve el in a calm, but usually to propel the craft. Also swape.-8. A metal frame on which the tiller or rudder-yoke of a ship travels. -9. An engine formerly used in war for throwing stones into fortre es; a ballista. [Still used in heraldry.] -10. A device for drawing water from a well by means of a long pole resting on a tall upright as a fulcrum; also, one of various somewhat similar levers performing other functions, as the lever of a horse-power. Also swipe, swape. A great poste and high is set faste; then over it cometh a longe beame whiche renneth on a pynne, so that the one ende havynge more poyse then the other causeth the lyghter ende to ryse; with such beere brewers in London dooe drawe up water; they call it a sweepe. Elyot. ( Hall i well .) The well, its long sweep piercing the skies, its bucket swinging to and fro in the wind. S. Judd , Margaret, ii. 1. 11. In loam - molding , a pattern shape consisting of a board of which the edge is cut to the form of the cro -sectional outline of the article to be molded. The surface of the mold or core is formed by moving the sweep parallel to the axis at right angles to its length. For hollow articles, as pipes, sweeps are IMG:content-2616.png:[blocks in formation] made in pairs, one for "running up" the core and the other for forming the interior of the mold. They are consequently the reverse of each other, and the radii differ by a quantity equal to the thickne of the metal of the pipe to be cast. Thus, supposing the internal diameter of the pipe to be 24 inches, and the thickne of the metal 1 inch, the radius of each core and sweep (see a ) will be 12 inches, and the radius of the mold-sweep (see b ) 13 inches. Sweeps are employed for many other symmetrical forms besides cylinders. 12. A form of light plow or cultivator used for working crops planted in rows, as cotton or maize; a cotton-sweep.-13. In card - playing: ( a ) In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board and so removing them all. (b) In whist, the winning of all the tricks in a hand. - 14. Same as sweepstakes. [Colloq.]-15. pl. The sweepings of an establishment where precious metals are worked, as a goldsmith's or silversmith's shop, or a mint. The silver wasted by the operative officers and sold in sweeps during the year was 44,413.20 standard ounces. Rep . Sec . Treasury , 1886, p. 168. Wastage and lo on sale of sweeps . [U. S. mints.] Rep. Sec . Treasury , 1886, p. 252. is to force the tempered clay through an opening near the bottom in the side of the cylinder or box inclosing the pug-mill. C. T. Davis, Bricks, etc., p. 109. Sweep of a seine, the reach or compa of a seine that is swept. - To make a clean sweep, to sweep away anything completely; remove entirely; clean out: often used in politics: as, to make a clean sweep of office-holders. They burnt thirty-two houses in Springfield, the minister's house and all, with all his library (and books was sca'ce in them days); but the Indians made a clean sweep H. B. Stowe , Oldtown, p. 163. on 't.