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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SWART, swort

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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, swart, swarthy]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sweart; akin to Old High German swarz black, Latin sordes dirt Date: before 12th century 1. a. swarthy b. archaic producing a swarthy complexion 2. baneful, malignant • swartness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. archaic swarthy, dark-hued. Etymology: OE sweart f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Swart Swart, n. Sward. [Obs.] --Holinshed.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a.; (also swarth) Dark-hued, tawny, dusky, dark, swarthy.