*swart*

n. Sward. [ Obs. ] Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

A nation strange, with visage swart. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Gloomy; malignant. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Swart star, the Dog Star; -- so called from its appearing during the hot weather of summer, which makes swart the countenance. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make swart or tawny; as, to swart a living part. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The black-backed gull (Larus marinus); -- called also swarbie. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Swart; swarthy. “A swarth complexion.” Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An apparition of a person about to die; a wraith. [ Prov. Eng. ] Grose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Sward. ] Sward; short grass. [ 1913 Webster ]

Grassy swarth, close cropped by nibbling sheep. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Swath. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a swarthy manner; with a tawny hue; duskily. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being swarthy; a dusky or dark complexion; tawniness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Swarthiness. [ R. ] Dr. R. Clerke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Swarthier superl. Swarthiest. ] [ See Swart, a. ] Being of a dark hue or dusky complexion; tawny; swart; as, swarthy faces. “A swarthy Ethiope.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their swarthy hosts would darken all our plains. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make swarthy. [ Obs. ] Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Swarthiness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat swart, dark, or tawny. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being swart. [ 1913 Webster ]