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To grow languid; to faint.

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  1. v. i. To grow languid; to faint.
  2. n. The grit worn away from grindstones in grinding cutlery wet.
  3. To grow languid; to faint. [Scot.] "To swarf for very hunger." Sir W. Scott. The grit worn away from grindstones in grinding cutlery wet. [Prov. Eng.]
  4. To grow languid; to faint. [Scot.] "To swarf for very hunger."Sir W. Scott.
  5. v. i. To grow languid; to faint. n. The grit worn away from grindstones in grinding cutlery wet.