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noun

Swart n. Sward. (Obs.)

verb

Swart v. t. To make swart or tawny; as, to swart a living part.

adjective

Swart adj.

Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny. "Swart attendants." "Swart savage maids." "A nation strange, with visage swart."

Gloomy; malignant. (Obs.)

Swart star, the Dog Star; so called from its appearing during the hot weather of summer, which makes swart the countenance. (R.)

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"Swart" Quotes from Famous Books

... the nunnery gate, As the darkness fell over the village, Would a swart savage crouch and await, With the patience of devilish hate, A chance to kill women, ...

— Fleurs de lys and other poems • Arthur Weir

... or the humble accommodation for foot-passengers, admitted into a narrow and short passage running between two rows of lime-trees, whose green foliage during the spring contrasted strangely with the swart complexion of the two walls by the side of which they grew. This access led to the front of the house, which was formed by two gable ends, notched, and having their windows adorned with heavy architectural ornaments. They joined each other at right angles; and ...

— Chronicles of the Canongate • Sir Walter Scott

... shunned him with undisguised abhorrence. Poor innocent maid! she little knew the man's black mind, who thus dared to reach up to the height of her affections; but she saw enough of character in his swart scowling face, and loud assuming manners, to make her dread his very presence, as a thunder-cloud across ...

— The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper • Martin Farquhar Tupper

... a swart-complexioned fellow, but quick-eyed, in a white satin doublet of one fashion, green velvet hose of another, a fantastical hat with a plume of feathers of several colours, a little short taffeta cloak, a pair of buskins cut, drawn out with sundry-coloured ribbands, ...

— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. IX • Various

... 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 ...

— Time and the Gods • Lord Dunsany [Edward J. M. D. Plunkett]

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