What is to brush against or over; to rub lightly along. Their long descending train, With rubies edged and sapphires, swept the plain. Dryden called?
sweep — To brush against or over; to rub lightly along. Their long descending train, With rubies edged and sapphires, swept the plain. Dryden. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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