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Show S Wi S§ W 7+ To ftrike with a long firoke moft every fenfe s fugar is fweet, but it hath no And fzweep the founding lyre the fweetnefs ofa rofe, and a fwveet profpect differ @. n 1. To pafs with violence, tumult, or {wiftnefs. Perhaps in the firft quotation w fhould read javagp Hafte me to know it, that I with wings as fwif As meditation or the thoughts of lov May faveep to my revenge Shakefpeare A poor man that opprefleth the poor, is lik a fweeping rain which leaveth no food Proy. xxviiie 3 Cowen in her courf Tow'rds the Sabrinian fhores, as feweeping from he fource Drayton Before tempeftuous winds arife Stars fhooting through the darknefs gild the nigh With fweeping glories, and long trails of light 2. To pafs with pomp equal motion Dryden to pafs with a She fzveeps it through the court with troops o 3. To move with a long reach hath; yet the royal Pfalmift faith of a man, w took fwveet counfel together : and of God, my meWatts ditation of him fhall be fweet 2. Lufcious to the tafte SwEEP. 2. /. [from the verb. 1. The act of {weeping 2. The compafs of any violent or continued motion 4 door drags, when, by its ill hanging on it hinges, or by the ill boarding of the room, th edge of the door rides in its feweep upo the floor Moxon's Mechanical Exercifes A torrent {well' With wintry tempefts, that difdains all mounds Breaking away impetuous, and involve Wit.hin its fwvecp, trees, houfes, men P/:'ilf]:x 3. Violent and general defiru&ion In countries fubjeé to great epidemical faveeps men may live very long; but where the proportio of the chronical diftemper is great, it is not likel to be fo Graunt 4. Direion of any motion not re@ilinear Ha\'ing made one incificn a little circularly begin a fecond, bringing it with an oppofite fwee to meet the other Sharp SWEE'PER. z. /. [from fawesp.] One tha fweeps SWEE'PINGS. #. [, [from faweep.] 'Tha which is fwept away Should this one broomftick enter the fcene, covered with duft, though the favecpings of the finef Tady's chamber, we fhould defpife its vanity. Sewift SWEE'PNET. #n. /. [ jweep and net. net that takes in a great compals She was a faweepnet for the Spanifh thips, whic happily fell into her net Cambden 6wee'psTAKE, 7. [0 [ jwee A man that wins all 3. Fragrant to the {mell Balm his foul head with warm diftilled waters And burn fweet wood, to make the lodging faveet Shakefpeare Where a rainbow hangeth over or toucheth there breatheth a feveer {mell5 for that this happeneth but in certain matters which have fom fweetnefs, which the dew of the rainbow drawet Bacon forth Shred very fmall with thyme, fweet-margory Waltons Angler and a little winter favoury The balmy zephyrs, filent fince her death Lament the ceafing of a fzveeter breath To fell the bounteous produét of the fpring Saveet-fmelling flowers, and elders early bud. Gay 4. Melodious to the ear The dulcimer, all organs of faweet ftop. Milton Her fpeech is grac'd with fzueerer foun Than in another's fong is found Waller No more the ftreams their murmurs fhall forbear A Javeeter mufick than their own to hear and flake. 5. Beautiful to the eye Shakefpeare 6. Not falt The white of an egg, or blood mingled wit falt water, gathers the faltnefs, and maketh th water fweeter 5 this may be by adhefion Bacon's Natural Hiftory The fails drop with rain Seveet waters mingle with the briny main Skakefpeare SweE'py. adj. [from fweep.] Pafling wit great {peed and violence over a grea compafs at once They rufh along, the rattling woods give way The branches bend before their faweepy {fway Dryden ad; (ypece Sax. foet, Dutch. i. Pleafing to any fenfe Saveet exprefles the pleafant" perceptions of al Dryd 7. Not four Javeet bu fruits from mor contrariwif four to mor liquors, even thof tha are of the juice of fruit, from more fzveet to mor four Bacon's Natural Hiffory Trees whofe fruit is acid laft longer than thof whofe fruit is faweet Bacon ‘When metals are diffolved in acid menfiruums and the acids, in conjunction with the metal, a afte ha a differen manner a different tafte and fometime a fwvee muc one fo tha th milde is it no compoun tha before becaufe th acids adhere to the metallic particles, and thereb lofe much of their aétivity Negoton's Opticks 8. Mild foft gentle Let me report to hi Your frveet dependency, and you fhall fin A conqu'ror that will pray in aid for kindnefs Shakefpeare The Pleiades before him danc'd Shedding fwveet influence Milton Merc the hemifpher As if the center of all fweets me here y B If ev'ry [weet, and ev'ry grace fi‘%nf" uft fly from that forfaken face . A0 Hail ! wedded love has, could Mercy's felf be feen No faveeter look than this propitious queen. #all 9. Grateful ; pleafing erpetual fountain of domefti Taught to liv My e eafieft way; nor with perplexi To interrupt the fweet of lli'fc? M %t.thl"):rgh Now fince the Latian and the Troja bro(;d # ;-I avc; tafted vengeance, and the J eets of blood peak Dryden Can Ceyx then fuftain to leave hiswa e:&:mi. And unconcern'd forfake the Jweet of li%e We have fo great an abhorrence of pagrjf}i; ; a little of it extinguithes all our pleaf res ::littl bitter mingled in our cup leaves no relif of th Javeet Lacke Love had ordain'd that it was Abra's tu To mix the fweets, and minifter the urn, Priwr 2. A word of endearment Saeet! leave me here a while My fpirits grow dull, and fain I would beguil The tedious day with fleep Shakefpeare Wherefore frowns my faveet Have I too long been abfent from thefe lips Ben Fonfons . 3. A perfume As, in perfumes Nor this part mufk or civet can we call Or amber but a rich refult of all SWEE'TEREAD. 7 /. The pancreas of th calf Never tie yourfelf always to eat meats of eafydi~ gefture, as veal, pullets, or faveetbreads BN 4 f Harwey on Confumptions Saveetdread and collops were with fkewers prick About the fides; imbibing what they deck'd Dryden When you roaft a breaft of veal, remember you fweetheart the butler loves a fweetbread. - Swif SWEE'TBRIAR. 7. /. [ /weet and briar. A fragrant fhrub For March come violets and peach-tree in blof fom, the cornelian-tree in bloflom, and faeetbriar Bacon SWEE'TBROOM herb #. Ji [grica, Lat.] A Ainfaz SWEETCI'CELY. #. /i [myrrbus, Lat.] A Miller plant To SWEETEN. . a. [from fuweet. 1. To make fweet The world the garden is, fhe is the flow' That fzvectens all the place; fhe is the guef Sidney Of rareft price Here is the fmell of the blood ftill : all the per fumes of Arabla will not faveeren this little hand Shakefpeare And joy of thofe, from whom we claime our birth Saveet interchange of hill and valley Diydens Flower Innumerable, by the foft fouth-wef Open'd, and gather'd by religious hands Rebound their {weets from th' odoriferous pavement Prior Give mc an ounce of civet to fwecter my ima Nothing fo fweete is as our countrie's earth gination Chapman Milton Euryalus Than whom the Trojan hof No fajrer face or fzveetsr air could boaft Dryden's ncid 10 Careny So the was all a faveet Heav'n blefs thee Thou haft the fweeteft face I ever look'd on Time changet What fofter founds are thefe falut t ear FrOfn the large circle o >Tis hard to fay what {cent is uppermoft Fair Daphne's dead, and mufick is no more. Pope That faweepflake yon will draw both friend and foe SweET Pope The ftreets with treble voices ring st writ in your revenge Winner and Jofer Dawies This honey tafted ftill is ever faweet But tell the reeds, and tell the vocal thore Nor always errs; for oft the gauntlet draw A jfrveeping ftroke along the crackling jaws. Dryd botto th fame fweetnefs as difcourfe, counfel, or meditatio ladies More like an emprefs than duke Humphrey's wife Shakefpeare In gentle dreams I often will be by And fzoeep along before your clofing eye. Dryden of thef yet have an all: no the fro Po/r: Takes Towa fweetnefs as mufick; nor hath mufic the fam Defcend, ye nine; defcend, and fing The breathing inftrument infpire Wake into voice each filent firing 7o Sweer SW Not ftale ; not ftinking: as, that mea zs fweet SweET. 7. [ 1. Sweetnefs ; fomething pleafing Pluck ou The multitudinous tongue, let them not lic The fweet which is their poifor, Shak. Coriolanus Shakefpeare's King Lear With faireft flow'rs, Fidele T'll fzvecten thy fad grave Shakefp. Cymbelint Be humbly minded, know your poit Savceten your tea, and watch your toafts Swift 2. To make mild or kind All kindnefles defcend upon fuch a tempery fea ma th in li fa er wa f fr o er ri Z ng ch no i bu all th the fea fwallow i AS‘ax'ud m th b fiuaettm a ml hi te ig en rt he hi te fo Devotio n th r ev k m an pe te hi Javeeten el‘[ comes from him inftrudtive, amiabley and aftLaw in T |