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.
Sweep"y (?), a. Moving with a sweeping motion.
The branches bend before their sweepy away.
Dryden.
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Sweet (?), a. [Compar. Sweeter (?); superl. Sweetest.] [OE. swete,
swote, sote, AS. swte; akin to OFries. swte, OS. swti, D. zoet, G.
süss, OHG. suozi, Icel. sætr, sœtr, Sw. söt, Dan. söd, Goth. suts, L.
suavis, for suadvis, Gr. &?;, Skr. svdu sweet, svad, svd, to sweeten.
√175. Cf. Assuage, Suave, Suasion.] 1. Having an agreeable taste
or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and
bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.
2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose;
sweet odor; sweet incense.
The breath of these flowers is sweet to me.
Longfellow.
3. Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet
notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet
singer.
To make his English sweet upon his tongue.
Chaucer.
A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful.
Hawthorne.
4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a
sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.
Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains.
Milton.