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One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep; as, a carpet sweeper. It is oxygen which is the great sweeper of the economy. Huxley.

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.

Moving with a sweeping motion. The branches bend before their sweepy away. Dryden.

A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club. Swipes [in cricket] over the blower's head, and over either of the long fields. R. A. Proctor.

Abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears; as, tearful eyes. -- Tear"ful*ly, adv. -- Tear"ful*ness, n.

A long-handled, round-headed broom for sweeping ceilings, etc. [Colloq. or Dial.]

Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing. "The wail of the forest." Longfellow.

Lamentation; loud weeping; wailing. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.

Full of weeping or lamentation; grieving. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Fig.: A body of objects sweeping violently onward. "The whirlwind of hounds and hunters." Macaulay.

The act of whisking; a rapid, sweeping motion, as of something light; a sudden motion or quick puff. This first sad whisk Takes off thy dukedom; thou art but an earl. J. Fletcher.

One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion.

Sweeping along lightly.

machine. Called also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil. Almond willow, Pussy willow, Weeping willow. (Bot.) See under Almond, Pussy, and Weeping. -- Willow biter (Zoöl.) the blue tit. [Prov. Eng.] -- Willow fly (Zoöl.), a greenish European stone fly (Chloroperla viridis); -- called also yellow Sally. -- Willow g…