sweep+off
71var|i|a|ble-sweep wing — «VAIR ee uh buhl SWEEP», an aircraft wing that can be adjusted in flight; swingwing. It is set perpendicular to the fuselage during take off and landing and swung backward when high speeds are reached …
72Chimney sweep — Chimney Chim ney, n.; pl. {Chimneys}. [F. chemin[ e]e, LL. caminata, fr. L. caminus furnace, fireplace, Gr. ? furnace, oven.] 1. A fireplace or hearth. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster] 2. That part of a building which contains the smoke… …
73To sweep the deck — Deck Deck, n. [D. dek. See {Deck}, v.] 1. The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. [1913 Webster] Note: The following are the more… …
74brush off — brush aside / brush off [v] ignore; refuse boycott, cold shoulder*, contradict, cut, deny, disclaim, dismiss, disown, disregard, get rid of, have no time for*, ostracize, override, rebuff, reject, repudiate, scorn, send away, slight, snub, spurn …
75reverse sweep — 1. noun a batsmans shot made by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc from leg to off, normally whilst kneeling 2. verb to play such a shot …
76Batting (cricket) — The basics of batting. Andrew Strauss batting for England during the 2005 NatWest Series In the sport of cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting t …
77Ejection — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Motion out of, actively. < N PARAG:Ejection >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ejection ejection emission effusion rejection expulsion eviction extrusion trajection Sgm: N 1 discharge discharge Sgm: N 1 emesis …
78USS Staunch (AM-307) — was a steel hulled Admirable Class Minesweeper built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. Her crew was quickly trained in the art of minesweeping and then sent to the Pacific Ocean to clear dangerous mine fields so that Allied troops could land …
79Paul Nixon — Infobox cricketer biography playername = Paul Nixon female = country = England fullname = Paul Andrew Nixon nickname = Badger, Nico living = true dayofbirth = 21 monthofbirth = 10 yearofbirth = 1970 placeofbirth = Carlisle, Cumbria countryofbirth …
80One-Day Internationals in England in 2005 — There are thirteen One Day Internationals scheduled to be played in England in 2005 ten in the NatWest Series between England, Bangladesh and Australia, and three between England and Australia in the NatWest Challenge immediately following the… …
