SWART
Swart, n.
Defn: Sward. [Obs.] Holinshed.
SWART Swart, a. Etym: [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.
SWART
Swart, v. t.
Defn: To make swart or tawny; as, to swart a living part. Sir T.
Browne.
SWARTBACK
Swart"back`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The black-backed gull (Larus marinus); — called also swarbie.
[Prov. Eng.]
SWARTH
Swarth, a.