Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: SWEDE – SWEET-EN
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SWEDE, n.
- A native of Sweden.
- A Swedish turnep.
A follower of Swedenborg, who believed he could hold conversation with spirits.
SWE'DISH, a.
Pertaining to Sweden.
SWE'DISH-TUR-NEP, n.
The Brassica campestris or rutabaga, a hard sort of turnep, of two kinds, the white and the yellow. The latter is most valued. – Cyc.
SWEEP, n.
- The act of sweeping.
- The compass of a stroke; as, a long sweep.
- The compass of any turning body or motion; as, the sweep of a door.
- The compass of any thing flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away every thing within its sweep.
- Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease. – Graunt.
- Direction of any motion not rectilinear; as, the sweep a compass.
- The mold of a ship when she begins to compass in, at the rung heads; also, any part of a ship shaped by the segment of a circle; as, a floor-sweep; a back-sweep, &c.
- Among refiners of metals, the almond-furnace.
- Among stamen, a large oar, used to assist the rudder in turning a ship in a calm, or to increase her velocity in a chase, &c.
- The pole or piece of timber moved on a fulcrum or post, used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water; written by Bailey, swipe; and in Yorkshire, Eng., swape. Sweep of the tiller, a circular frame on which the tiller traverses in large ships.
SWEEP, v.i.
- To pass with swiftness and violence, as something broad or brushing the surface of any thing; a sweeping rain; a sweeping flood. A fowl that flies near the surface of land or water, is said to sweep along near the surface.
- To pass over or brush along with celerity and force; as, the wind sweeps along the plain.
- To pass with pomp; as, a person sweeps along with a trail. She sweeps it through the court with troops of ladies. – Shak.
- To move with a long reach; as, a sweeping stroke. – Dryden.
SWEEP, v.t. [pret. and pp. swept. Sax. swapan, sweopan. It seems to be allied to swab, and may be formed on the root of wipe. G. schweifen.]
- To brush or rub over with a brush, broom or besom, for removing loose dirt; to clean by brushing; as, to sweep a chimney or a floor. When we say, to sweep a room, we mean to sweep the floor of the room; and to sweep the house, is to sweep the floors of the house.
- To carry with a long swinging or dragging motion; to carry with pomp. And likes peacock, sweep along his tail. – Shak.
- To drive or carry along or off by a long brushing stroke or force, or by flowing on the earth. Thus the wind sweep the snow from the tops of the hills; a river sweeps away a dam, timber or rubbish; a flood sweeps away a bridge or house. Hence,
- To drive, destroy, or carry off many at a stroke, or with celerity and violence; as, a pestilence sweeps off multitude in a few days. The conflagration swept away whole street of houses. l have already swept the stakes. – Dryden.
- To rub over. Their long descending train, / With rubies edg'd and sapphires, swept the plain. – Dryden.
- To strike with a long stroke. Wake into voice each silent string, / And sweep the sounding lyre. – Pope.
- To draw or drag over; as, to sweep the bottom of a river with a net, or with the bight of a rope, to hook an anchor. – Mar. Dict.
SWEEP-ER, n.
One that sweeps.
SWEEP-ING, ppr.
Brushing over; rubbing with a broom or besom; cleaning with a broom or bosom; brushing along; passing over; dragging over.
SWEEP-ING-LY, adv.
By sweeping.
SWEEP-INGS, n. [plur.]
Things collected by sweeping; rubbish. The sweepings of streets are often used as manure.
SWEEP-NET, n. [sweep and net.]
A large net for drawing over a large compass.
SWEEP-STAKE, n. [sweep and stake.]
A man that wins all; usually sweepstakes. Shak.
SWEEP-STAKES, n. [plur.]
The whole money or other things staked or won at a horse-race.
SWEEP-Y, a.
- Passing with speed and violence over a great compass at once. The branches bend before their sweepy sway. – Dryden.
- Strutting.
- Wavy.
SWEET, a. [Sax. swete; D. zoet; G. süss; Sw. söt; Dan. söd; Sans. swad. Qu. L. suavis.]
- Agreeable or grateful to the taste; as, sugar or honey is sweet.
- Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; as, a sweet rose; sweet, odor; sweet incense. – Exod. xxxi.
- Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice.
- Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion; a sweet form. – Shak.
- Fresh; not salt; as, sweet water. – Bacon.
- Not sour; as, sweet fruits; sweet oranges.
- Mild; soft; gentle. Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades? – Job xxxviii.
- Mild; soft; kind; obliging; as, sweet manners.
- Grateful; pleasing. Sweet interchange of hill and valley. – Milton.
- Making soft or excellent music; as, a sweet singer.
- Not stale; as, sweet butter. The bread is sweet.
- Not turned; not sour; as, sweet milk.
- Not putrescent or putrid; as, the meat is sweet.
SWEET, n.
- Something pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life. A little bitter mingled in our cup, leaves no relish of the sweet. – Locke.
- A sweet substance; particularly, any vegetable juice which is added to wines to improve them. – Encyc.
- A perfume. – Prior. Dryden.
- A word of endearment.
- Cane juice, melasses, or other sweet vegetable substance. – Edwards, West Indies.
SWEET-AP-PLE, n. [sweet and apple.]
The Anona squamosa. – Lee.
SWEET-BREAD, n. [sweet and bread.]
The pancreas of a calf; the pancreas of any animal.
SWEET-BRI-ER, n. [sweet and brier.]
A shrubby plant of the genus Rosa, cultivated for its fragrant smell.
SWEET-BROOM, n. [sweet and broom.]
A plant. – Ainsworth.
SWEET-CIC'E-LY, n.
A plant of the genus Scandix; and another of the genus Osmorrhiza.
SWEET-CIS'TUS, n.
A shrub, the Cistus. – Mason.
SWEET-CORN, n.
A variety of the maiz, of a sweet taste.
SWEET-EN, v.i. [swee'tn.]
To become sweet. – Bacon.