Sekirov Dictionary

swart

UK /ˈswɔːt/US /ˈswɔɹt/

adjective 3
noun 2
verb 1
forms 5

adjective3

•
Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny.
- Lame, foolish, crooked, swart, prodigious, — 1596
(dialect, UK) Black.
•
(no longer used) Gloomy; malignant.
- Suddenly the swart figure of Time stood up before the gods, with both hands dripping with blood and a red sword dangling idly from his fingers, and said: “Sardathrion is gone! I have overthrown it!” — 1906

noun2

(dialect, UK) Black or dark dyestuff.
(dialect, Ireland) Variant of swath.

verb1

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To make swart or tawny; blacken; tan.
- […] the heate of the Sun, whose fervor may swarte a living part, and even black a dead or dissolving flesh, — 1646

forms

swarted · swarting · swarts · swarter · swartest

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