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Pronunciation : Swart
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Sward. [Obs.] Holinshed.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Swart
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Swart
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To make swart or tawny; as, to swart a living part. Sir T. Browne.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913