Webster's Dictionary 1913

12691

Sweepings

Sweep″ings (?), n. pl. Things collected by sweeping; rubbish; as, the sweepings of a street.

12692

Sweepstake

Sweep″stake′ (?), n. 1. A winning of all the stakes or prizes. Heylin.2. A complete removal or carrying away; a clean sweep. Bp. Hacket.

12693

Sweepstakes

Sweep″stakes′ (?), n. 1. A winning of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake.2. sing. or pl. The whole money or other things staked at a horse race, a given sum being put up for...

12694

Sweepwasher

Sweep″wash′er (?), n. 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.

12695

Sweepy

Sweep″y (?), a. Moving with a sweeping motion.The branches bend before their sweepy away. Dryden.

12696

Sweet

Sweet (?), a. [Compar.Sweeter (?); superl.Sweetest.] [OE. swete, swote, sote, AS. swēte; akin to OFries. swēte, OS. swōti, D. zoet, G. süss, OHG. suozi, Icel. sætr, sœtr, Sw. sö...

12697

Sweet (2)

Sweet (?), n. 1. That which is sweet to the taste; — used chiefly in the plural. Specifically: (a) Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc. (b) Home-made wines, cordials, meth...

12698

Sweet (3)

Sweet, adv. Sweetly. Shak.

12699

Sweet (4)

Sweet, v. t. To sweeten. Udall.

12700

Sweet-breasted

Sweet″–breast′ed (?), a. Having a sweet, musical voice, as the nightingale. Cf. Breast, n., 6.

12701

Sweet-scented

Sweet″–scent′ed (?), a. Having a sweet scent or smell; fragrant.Sweet-scented shrub(Bot.), a shrub of the genus Calycanthus, the flowers of which, when crushed, have a fragrance...

12702

Sweet-sop

Sweet″–sop′ (?), n.(Bot.) A kind of custard apple (Anona squamosa). See under Custard.

12703

Sweetbread

Sweet″bread′ (?), n. 1. Either the thymus gland or the pancreas, the former being called neck, or throat, sweetbread, the latter belly sweetbread. The sweetbreads of ruminants, ...

12704

Sweetbrier

Sweet″bri′er (?), n.(Bot.) A kind of rose (Rosa rubiginosa) with minutely glandular and fragrant foliage. The small-flowered sweetbrier is Rosa micrantha.

12705

Sweeten

Sweet″en (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sweetened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sweetening.] [See Sweet, a.] 1. To make sweet to the taste; as, to sweeten tea.2. To make pleasing or grateful to ...

12706

Sweeten (2)

Sweet″en, v. i. To become sweet. Bacon.

12707

Sweetener

Sweet″en‐er (?), n. One who, or that which, sweetens; one who palliates; that which moderates acrimony.

12708

Sweetening

Sweet″en‐ing, n. 1. The act of making sweet.2. That which sweetens.

12709

Sweetheart

Sweet″heart′ (?), n. A lover of mistress.

12710

Sweethearting

Sweet″heart′ing, n. Making love. “To play at sweethearting.” W. Black.

12711

Sweeting

Sweet″ing, n. 1. A sweet apple. Ascham.2. A darling; — a word of endearment. Shak.

12712

Sweetish

Sweet″ish (?), a. Somewhat sweet. — Sweet″ish‐ness, n.

12713

Sweetly

Sweet″ly, adv. [AS. swētlice.] In a sweet manner.

12714

Sweetmeat

Sweet″meat′ (?), n. 1. Fruit preserved with sugar, as peaches, pears, melons, nuts, orange peel, etc.; — usually in the plural; a confect; a confection.2. The paint used in maki...

12715

Sweetness

Sweet″ness, n. [AS. swētness.] The quality or state of being sweet (in any sense of the adjective); gratefulness to the taste or to the smell; agreeableness.

12716

Sweetroot

Sweet″root′ (?), n.(Bot.) Licorice.

12717

Sweetwater

Sweet″wa′ter (?), n.(Bot.) A variety of white grape, having a sweet watery juice; — also called white sweetwater, and white muscadine.