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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Swart; swarthy.

“A swarth complexion.”

Chapman.

Noun.

An apparition of a person about to die; a wraith.

[Prov. Eng.]

Grose.

Noun.

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Sward; short grass.

Grassy

swarth

, close cropped by nibbling sheep.

Cowper.

Noun.

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, sworth, a.

Being of a dark hue; moderately black; tawny.

A nation strange with visage swart.

[I believe swart and swarth are never used in the United States, certainly not in New England. Swarthy is a common word.]

Gloomy; malignant. [Not in use.]