Thesaurus: swart

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1. n. Sward.
2. a. Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny.
3. a. Gloomy; malignant.
4. v. t. To make swart or tawny; as, to swart a living part.
5. adj. naturally having skin of a dark color
6. Sward. [Obs.] Holinshed. 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. To make swart or tawny; as, to swart a living part. Sir T. Browne.
7. Sward. [Obs.] Holinshed.
8. s naturally having skin of a dark color