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Webster 1913 Edition

Swart

Swart

,
Noun.
Sward.
[Obs.]
Holinshed.

Swart

,
Adj.
[OE.
swart
, AS.
sweart
black; akin to OFries, OS. & LG.
swart
, D.
zwart
, G.
schwartz
, OHG.
swarz
, Icel.
svarir
, Sw.
svart
, Dan.
sort
, Goth.
swarts
; cf. L.
sordes
dirt,
sordere
to be dirty. Cf.
Sordid
,
Surd
.]
1.
Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny.
“Swart attendants.”
Trench.
“Swart savage maids.”
Hawthorne.
A nation strange, with visage
swart
.
Spenser.
2.
Gloomy; malignant.
[Obs.]
Milton.
Swart star
,
the Dog Star; – so called from its appearing during the hot weather of summer, which makes swart the countenance.
[R.]
Milton.

Swart

,
Verb.
T.
To make swart or tawny;
as, to
swart
a living part
.
Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1828 Edition

Swart

SWART

, swort

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