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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Swart  \Swart\,  n. 
  Sward.  [Obs.]  --Holinshed. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Swart  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Swart  \Swart\,  v.  t. 
  To  make  swart  or  tawny;  as  to  swart  a  living  part  --Sir  T. 
  Browne. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  swart 
  adj  :  naturally  having  skin  of  a  dark  color;  "a  dark-skinned 
  beauty";  "gold  earrings  gleamed  against  her  dusky 
  cheeks";  "a  smile  on  his  swarthy  face"  (`swart'  is 
  archaic)  [syn:  {dark-skinned},  {dusky},  {swarthy}] 




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