swarth

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English [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /swɔː(ɹ)ð/ or IPA: /swɔː(ɹ)θ/

Noun [edit]

swarth (countable and uncountable; plural swarthes or swarths)

  1. Alternative form of sward.
    Last year's scythes flung down, and left in the half-cut swarths. — Herman Melville.
  2. An apparition of a person about to die; a wraith.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Grose to this entry?)

Adjective [edit]

swarth (comparative more swarth, superlative most swarth)

  1. (archaic) swarthy
    • Chapman
      A swarth complexion.

Anagrams [edit]

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