Swe`den*bor"gi*an (?), n. One who holds the doctrines of the New
Jerusalem church, as taught by Emanuel Swedenborg, a Swedish
philosopher and religious writer, who was born a. d. 1688 and died
1772. Swedenborg claimed to have intercourse with the spiritual world,
through the opening of his spiritual senses in 1745. He taught that the
Lord Jesus Christ, as comprehending in himself all the fullness of the
Godhead, is the one only God, and that there is a spiritual sense to
the Scriptures, which he (Swedenborg) was able to reveal, because he
saw the correspondence between natural and spiritual things.
Swe`den*bor"gi*an, a. Of or pertaining to Swedenborg or his views.
Swe`den*bor"gi*an*ism (?), n. The doctrines of the Swedenborgians.
Swed"ish (?), a. [Cf. G. schwedisch, Sw. svensk.] Of or pertaining to
Sweden or its inhabitants.
Swedish turnip. (Bot.) See under Turnip.
Swed"ish, n. The language of Swedes.
Swee"ny (?), n. (Far.) An atrophy of the muscles of the shoulder in
horses; also, atrophy of any muscle in horses. [Written also swinney.]
Sweep (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swept (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sweeping.]
[OE. swepen; akin to AS. swpan. See Swoop, v. i.] 1. To pass a broom
across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or
rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sweep a
floor, the street, or a chimney. Used also figuratively.