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swart |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Swart \Swart\, n. Sward. [Obs.] --Holinshed. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Swart \Swart\, 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. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Swart \Swart\, v. t. To make swart or tawny; as to swart a living part --Sir T. Browne. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: swart adj : naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"; "a smile on his swarthy face" (`swart' is archaic) [syn: {dark-skinned}, {dusky}, {swarthy}]
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