Adjective : a sweeping glance. ,a sweeping victory. From Dictionary.com.
Nitre is found in Bengal naturally crystallized, and is swept by brooms from earths and stones, and thence called sweepings of nitre. From Wordnik.com. [The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation] Reference
So, too, did quantities of current floor sweepings. From Wordnik.com. [The Architecture of Pueblo Bonito :] Reference
And even get a price for the sweepings of the wheat. '. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Lux: Editing the Bible] Reference
Each day, sweep the floor and dispose of the sweepings. From Wordnik.com. [7.1 The Importance of Proper Storage Facilities] Reference
It was choked with a crowd, composed of the sweepings of. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
The sweepings off the floor, they'd take it and rerun it. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Eula McGill, February 3, 1976. Interview G-0040-1. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
Thirty bucks a month to toss floor sweepings into a Dumpster. From Wordnik.com. [Lunatics]
In addition to the sweepings of the roads and slums, there were in His. From Wordnik.com. [The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore] Reference
But the sweepings from gravel walks, finely sifted, may be substituted. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
Description of condition of food including sweepings while in ship holds. From Wordnik.com. [1. The United States] Reference
‘Because they always throw out their sweepings in the face of the sun.’. From Wordnik.com. [The Crimson Fairy Book] Reference
Sweep the floor and dispose of the sweepings according to guidelines in Losses and Claims. From Wordnik.com. [1. Commercial] Reference
Lynn than it did at Spithead, where the sweepings of the borough were eventually deposited. From Wordnik.com. [The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore] Reference
Losses from sweepings should be included in the survey report and treated as marine losses. From Wordnik.com. [1. Lighterage] Reference
Potato starch, miller's sweepings mixed with sugar, and any kind of rubbish are added to it. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
Inspect sweepings and either reconstitute or dispose of sweepings declared unfit for human consumption. From Wordnik.com. [1. Commercial] Reference
Long manure contained straw from the stall while short manure was pure street sweepings without adulterants. From Wordnik.com. [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference
Not unless it were also matter of choice whether we would become the very sweepings and blemish of creation. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863] Reference
The best polishing material to put in with them in the tumbler we think would be leather cuttings and sweepings. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
The sweepings, &c., after the most careful sifting, are packed in casks and sold -- chiefly, I believe, to European. From Wordnik.com. [Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada] Reference
It will be too late to cry for quarter when its stroke clears the table, and tilts them among the sweepings beneath. From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4] Reference
If Gareth Bryne was leading their army, it was no mob of farmers and street sweepings with a few Warders for stiffening. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of Chaos]
Sprinkle sweepings from a millet threshing floor on the surface and around the trap to provide both camouflage and bait. From Wordnik.com. [8: Plant protection and pest control] Reference
Hence McElmo Black-on-white serves as an index to the comparative age of household sweepings wherever found in the valley. From Wordnik.com. [The Architecture of Pueblo Bonito :] Reference
They give us the sweepings of Mr Colburn's counter, and then boastfully proclaim the zeal with which they serve the public. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
All of this was taking place amidst pacing and sweepings of silk with her hand, and interspersed with the continued harangue. From Wordnik.com. [the deer leap]
In the Ukraine the sweepings from a cottage are carefully preserved from Christmas Day to New Year's Day, and are then burnt in. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries] Reference
Presumably that sample lot came from one of the two tests Roberts and Amsden cut through 12 feet of household sweepings under the. From Wordnik.com. [The Architecture of Pueblo Bonito :] Reference
Rows of Peas are easily protected by a covering of barley sweepings, or by charcoal broken very small and flavoured with paraffin. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
It will be too late to cry for quarter when they find its stroke clearing the whole table, and tilting them among the sweepings beneath. From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4] Reference
They even sold the harvest leftovers -- the sweepings of the wheat -- which should have been made available to those who were hungry for free. From Wordnik.com. [Rev. Peter M. Wallace: A Basket of Summer Fruit (And the Potential for Spoiling): What God Thinks of Societies That Fail the Poor] Reference
Nuthatches, Jays, etc.; though in winter they will eat dried currants and make their own selection from mill sweepings if scattered about the trees of their haunts. From Wordnik.com. [Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State] Reference
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