Swart (?), n.
Sward.
[Obs.]
Holinshed.
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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.
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Swart, v. t.
To make swart or tawny; as, to swart a living part.
Sir T. Browne.
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