Category: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.