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. ]
A nation strange, with visage swart. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Swart star,
n. Sward. [ Obs. ] Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To make swart or tawny;
n. (Zool.) The black-backed gull (Larus marinus); -- called also
n. An apparition of a person about to die; a wraith. [ Prov. Eng. ] Grose. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Swath. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Swart; swarthy. “A swarth complexion.” Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Sward. ] Sward; short grass. [ 1913 Webster ]
Grassy swarth, close cropped by nibbling sheep. Cowper. [ 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 ]